If the government could finish the job by privatising faster, withdrawing support from "sick units" and deregulating labour markets, India might grow at a tigerish 8% or 9% a year.
The political battle in Washington over when and how fast to withdraw troops has lent momentum to the debate in Britain, where opinion polls have shown a strong majority of Britons favoring an early troop withdrawal.
As the military's highest-ranking officer and a crucial member of the president's revamped national security team, General Dempsey would face a complex and consequential set of challenges against the backdrop of both rapid change abroad and intensive political pressures at home: how fast to withdraw from Afghanistan, how to reshape the military and how to cope with an era of fiscal austerity.
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Obama was, at the time, saying we could likely withdraw a "brigade a month" starting when he took office, and other Democrats wanted an even faster withdrawal.
After his many fasts Gandhi withdrew to recover his strength in an ashram at Wardha (in central India).
But with Iraqis believing that Mr. Obama, as president, would move faster to withdraw American troops, Iraqi and American officials said obstacles to a security agreement appeared to be fading.
With American commanders emphasizing the need to avoid hard and fast deadlines in withdrawing troops, with the Iraqis at loggerheads over provincial elections, and with uncertainty over the future role of tens of thousands of Sunni volunteers who have been helping to maintain security, the situation in Iraq would be sure to challenge Mr. Biden and Mr. Obama should they reach the White House.
Victory came fast, with IS withdrawing south without putting up any meaningful defense.
Their aim would be strike fast and then withdraw, not to seize and hold territory.
