He has said that the president needed the authority to use troops in Iraq.

That would mean using troops, who are more used to ground actions than police work.

But a president must always be willing to use troops, as a last resort.

But he made clear that preparations were in progress for using such troops.

I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders.

The timing cannot be determined by the weather or the need to use troops just because they are there.

There may be some moments when we use our troops as peacekeepers, but not often.

At the same time, Tod resisted the idea of using black troops in the war effort.

In other words, by using troops from developed nations - and in significant numbers.

Yet two-thirds back the ban on using Hungarian troops in action.