Sentence examples for A drawdown in from inspiring English sources

A drawdown in Iraq is seen as a prerequisite to any significant American military buildup in Afghanistan, where Mr. Obama is ready to add up to 30,000 troops over the next two years, a near doubling of the current American force there of about 31,000.

A drawdown in the next few weeks could mean they would leave the border before some of the migrant caravans have arrived.

In Afghanistan, the American presence ramped up in 2009, followed by a drawdown in 2011.

In seven of the last eight years, world grain consumption has exceeded production, forcing a drawdown in stocks.

Four years ago, Representative Ron Paul of Texas was the only Republican presidential candidate raising concerns about the cost of the war and urging a drawdown in troops.

Though Republicans have criticized Mr. Obama's setting a timetable of mid-2011 for starting a drawdown in Afghanistan, they have largely supported his sending 30,000 additional troops.

After joining the Senate in 2005 Mr. Obama spoke in favor of a drawdown, including in a speech on Nov. 22 of that year.

Sediment from Lake Mills (the reservoir for the Glines Canyon Dam) was tested in 1994 during a "drawdown" experiment (in which the lake was drained to simulate dam removal), and three sediment samples were taken from Lake Aldwell in 1993, with no PCBs detected.

"A drawdown occurring in the middle of a fighting season when we're still giving our military that same mission, we don't want to do something that would put them in jeopardy, we want them to fulfill the missions the safest way possible," Mr. Ryan said.

WASHINGTON — President Obama's team is busy these days managing a troop drawdown in Iraq and a troop escalation in Afghanistan, hoping in both cases to build governments that can manage their own countries.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif). said that the plan attributed to Gen. George W. Casey resembles the thinking of many Democrats who voted for a nonbinding resolution to begin a troop drawdown in December.