Sentence examples for drawdown was from inspiring English sources

The drawdown was kind of slow sometimes.

The biggest drawdown was also the first, of $50 million.

Recently, Rubio told me that he no longer believes that Obama's drawdown was wise.

The likelihood of a substantial drawdown was described as being "miles off" what US officials were telling their counterparts in Whitehall.

In congressional testimony last week, senior Pentagon lawyer Stephen Preston said that while the 2014 drawdown was an "important milestone, it doesn't necessarily mark the end of the armed conflict with the Taliban".

But the cables reveal that Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told Abdul Rahim Wardak, the Afghan defence minister, that the drawdown was not a political decision but a US military recommendation.

The drawdown is a huge engineering feat.

Aviva says that because drawdown is complex ongoing independent advice is necessary.

"Drawdown is about technologies and solutions that are in place, understood, measured, documented and growing," Hawken told me by phone.

The US drawdown is a compromise that will not satisfy Democratic party doves seeking a quick end to US involvement.

He leaves himself only a bit of wiggle room — and says again that there won't be a "steep cliff" to jump when the drawdown is finally concluded.