Or did it just happen to be launched as numbers surged because of the deteriorating security conditions in Libya and a pile-up of refugees fleeing from Syria and Iraq?
For instance Mr. Bush writes about the failures to contain deteriorating security conditions in Iraq, continuing fights between the Pentagon and State Department, and his frustrations with Mr. Rumsfeld.
The pattern of corruption, senior diplomats in Kabul say, is so pervasive that it has contributed, with deteriorating security conditions, to a collapse in the popular backing for the Karzai government.
The United States and Britain are closing their embassies in Yemen, amid deteriorating security conditions after a rebel group seized control of the capital, embassy employees and a US official in Washington said on Tuesday.
Mr. Karzai is almost certain to discuss with Ms. Palin the deteriorating security conditions in Afghanistan and the resurgence of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in areas near the border with Pakistan.
THEY'VE been through the drill there before, but global security and medical response companies say that deteriorating security conditions throughout Egypt have reduced the number of foreign business travelers there to workers who are deemed necessary.
Without the pact, the official said, "I think that what we'll see is deteriorating security conditions over time" as Taliban and other forces regroup to combat Afghan forces.
In July, after assessing the country's deteriorating security conditions, President Obama announced that 8,400 U.S. troops would remain into 2017, a far larger number than the small contingent of counter-terrorism forces that was originally set to remain post-2016.
In a report to Congress this month, the State Department described problems slowing the processing of refugees, including "deteriorating security conditions in refugee camps, the inadequacy of medical facilities required to conduct thorough medical screenings, and concern about integrity, including fraud and corruption".
