But the United States should also build up the ability of its allies and partners in the region to respond to rising threats.
Senior officers say the American and allied mission between now and the end of 2014 is to build up the ability of Afghan forces — in particular their military support and logistics skills — to take over the fight.
But General McChrystal asserted that such "counterterrorism" operations work best when they are coupled with "counterinsurgency" efforts to build up the ability of the host nation to govern and bolster the capability of its forces.
A rational response to the challenge of the twenty-first century's climate is to do both: to reduce the rate at which greenhouse gases force climate change, but at the same time build up the ability to cope with adverse climates.
The Bureau of Indian Education is currently undergoing a structural reorganization to improve operational support for the schools -- including teacher recruitment, facilities management and educational technology -- and to build up the ability of the Native tribes to run the schools themselves.
"To the extent we don't build up the ability to research things at more geographically fine levels, we lose the ability to research a lot of the relevant policy options". Gun groups have been unmoved by these arguments.
You can only save at certain points, you have to grind to build up the abilities of your characters and the general setting feels something not far off from an older Final Fantasy title.
One of the Americans who has made his frustrations known is Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the top American commander in Iraq, who has pushed for greater efforts to build up the command abilities of the new forces, at every level from company commanders to generals.
After Mr. Reagan took office in 1981 he sought, through Mr. Casey, to build up the C.I.A.'s ability to take military and political action outside the United States.
In response to an outpouring of criticism in Congress -- and from his own agent ranks -- Mr. Mueller has promised to build up the bureau's analytical ability.
