Sentence examples for enduring military from inspiring English sources

Its history as an imperial power, plus its enduring military strength, mean it is forever significant in the shifting evolution of its neighbouring regions.

President Ashraf Ghani, who took office in September, signed bilateral security agreements with Washington and Nato allowing the enduring military presence.

Many American officers, fearing Iraq's instability, had hoped to leave a larger, more enduring military presence than the one allowed for under the agreement reached this year with the government in Baghdad.

Pentagon officials have signaled that they are hoping for an enduring military presence of 10,000 or more troops, but may have to accept fewer, to cement the progress of the years of fighting.

Forward basing, the practice by superpowers most notably, the United States of establishing an enduring military presence in a foreign country as a means of projecting force and furthering national interests.

Mr. Gates said that rapidly building up the armed forces of friendly nations to combat terrorism within their borders was "a vital and enduring military requirement" — and one that should be managed by the Defense Department.

Any enduring NATO military presence in Afghanistan "is tied directly to the $4.1 billion and our ability to oversee it and account for it," a senior NATO diplomat said.

The Houthis have long been at odds with the central government in Sana'a, enduring six military expeditions against their strongholds in Saada between 2004 and 2010.

It got stellar reviews in Pakistan, not least because the country was enduring another military dictatorship: General Pervez Musharraf had seized power in 1999.

At the Pentagon, however, senior officials said that without a change in the tenor of Iraqi domestic politics, it was unlikely that any enduring American military presence could be negotiated with the Iraqi government.

Officials stressed that troop numbers remain for planning only, and that any enduring NATO military presence in Afghanistan would be possible only through successful negotiations with the Afghan government and contributor nations.