Sentence examples for a major drawdown from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, US forces appear poised for a major drawdown.

The reopening of NATO supply lines is important for the United States military to support troops currently in Afghanistan, but also to help withdraw tons of weapons and matériel out as a major drawdown approaches in 2014.

In interviews and briefings this week, some of the generals pulled back from recent suggestions, some by the same officers, that positive trends in Iraq could allow a major drawdown in the 138,000 American troops late this year or early in 2006.

The Zagreb agreement heralded a major drawdown of Italian occupation forces from large areas of the NDH, including areas of Bosnia south of the Italian-German demarcation line, as well as Kordun, Lika and Dalmatia, and the Chetnik leaders believed that this would reduce the area in which they could operate with Italian consent.

But last week, Mr. Paul was joined explicitly by another contender, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., the former governor of Utah and the Obama administration's former ambassador to China, who said that the cost of a continued military presence was a leading factor in his belief that a major troop drawdown should begin in Afghanistan.

Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a former governor of Utah who just finished a two-year stint as ambassador to China in the Obama administration, said Tuesday that the cost of a continued military presence was a leading factor in his belief that a major troop drawdown should begin in Afghanistan.

Sadr was in the government while our first major drawdown was accomplished.

Drawdown is a major concern for geothermal developers who must forecast reservoir performance and consider its effect in their techno-economic analysis.

These play a major role in the report's transition scenario pathways, and include 'negative emissions' technologies designed to drawdown carbon emissions from the atmosphere.

Mr. Adamy chose his portfolio for the relatively small drawdown, meaning it was unlikely to lose as much as the overall stock market in a major decline.

These statistics may point to the possibility of a troop drawdown strategy for the United States — but while a strategically passable outcome still seems within reach, it is increasingly hard to believe that there are the makings of a major success for American foreign policy in Iraq.