Sentence examples for increasing troops from inspiring English sources

Instead of increasing troops, officials said, Mr. Biden proposed scaling back the overall American military presence.

Despite increasing troops and resources, Mr. Obama has failed to provide unity of mission and purpose.

The military began increasing troops in Baghdad and surrounding areas in February in an effort to stop the cycle of violence in the capital.

At least three Democrats — Ms. Pelosi; Senator Carl Levin, the Armed Services Committee chairman; and Representative David R. Obey, the Appropriations Committee chairman — voiced reservations during the meeting about increasing troops, according to those in attendance.

Canadians feel so strongly about defending their claims to the Arctic that they support increasing troops numbers there, a major poll suggests.

"In addition to the 5,000 soldiers we have already deployed in and around Bangkok to help monitor security, we will be increasing troops around protest sites as there are people trying to instigate violence," army spokesman Winthai Suvaree told Reuters news agency earlier this week.

Mr. McCain's early support for increasing troop levels began to look prescient.

We do not mitigate the opposition by increasing troop levels, but rather we increase the opposition and prove to the Pashtuns that the Taliban are correct.

Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, whose sometimes ambiguous statements on the war have drawn attack from other Democrats, invoked Mr. Lieberman in opposing the notion of increasing troop strength.

The Nato summit placed much emphasis on increasing troop numbers there while the US has not even had an ambassador in Baghdad since Ryan Crocker left on 13 February.

Probability of foraging, grooming and playing was higher in gardens with greater canopy cover, however this decreased with increasing troop size.