The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, December 28, 1995            TAG: 9512280020
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

WHAT'S UP?

In letters (Dec. 16), Beverly Noffsinger asks, ``Why do we need to deploy 20,000 troops less than two weeks before Christmas? And Mark Jaworowski wants to know what is our ``vital national interest'' in Bosnia.

The answer is simple: Bill Clinton is setting up the opportunity to capitalize on our gratitude when he brings the boys home just before the 1996 election.

JOSEPH W. HOFFMANN

Norfolk, Dec. 17, 1995 by CNB