It is highly unlikely that we will receive support for similar foreign policy adventures, certainly not to police the world as the Pentagon intends us to.

Still, the results at Tora Bora were clearly not what the Pentagon intended.

While the Pentagon intends to increase pay and recruitment bonuses, no part of its nearly 7 percent budget increase is aimed at raising overall troop strength.

But reports from Washington said the Pentagon intended to send more military aircraft and might also send additional ground personnel.

The Pentagon intends for robots to haul munitions, gather intelligence, search buildings or blow them up.

Mr. Brown said the company waited until now to make its offers because it was more confident that the Pentagon intended to expand its number of ships.

IN the first days of the Iraq war, the Pentagon intended for the military blitz to leave the Iraqi military in "shock and awe."

The hearings have already done far more than the Pentagon ever intended to do in providing a public airing of the Abu Ghraib disaster.

The Pentagon intended the unit to operate around the world.

It is not yet clear how the Pentagon intends to spend the $210 million in its breast cancer research budget.