Sentence examples for expanding the force from inspiring English sources

Expanding the force beyond Kabul has been a contentious issue within the administration.

The Pentagon recently withdrew its objections to expanding the force beyond Kabul, but said that the United States would not contribute troops.

The deputy defense secretary, Paul D. Wolfowitz, also signaled a new receptivity to expanding the force in an interview with the British Daily Telegraph.

Leaders of the police union, who describe some of the current efforts as "smoke and mirrors," caution that the dismal statistics of 2012 are being used to paint a falsely upbeat picture of 2013, and say they doubt such intense policing efforts are financially sustainable in any major city without expanding the force.

Emiriati officials had proposed expanding the force to a brigade of several thousand if the first battalion was successful, the newspaper said.

Plans to expand the force throughout the country have been put aside.

For General Abizaid, a three-division force was a good starting point, but he wanted to expand the force to as close to 10 divisions as possible.

Department officials have defended their efforts to expand the force's pool of applicants, saying that such measures would not necessarily result in less qualified applicants.

The Security Council today increased the number of troops allowed in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone by 2,000 and is likely to expand the force by several thousand more in the next week or two.

But the armed forces are stretched thin not from a lack of volunteers but because Congress and the Pentagon are not willing to spend the money to expand the force.

A1 More U.N. Troops for Africa The Security Council increased the number of troops allowed in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone by 2,000 and was expected to expand the force further.