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Because Egypt also plays a vital role in the region, the U.S. would also renew its security assistance commitment to that country.

The latest steps come three years after the United States began increasing its security assistance to Mexico with the $1.4 billion Merida Initiative and tens of millions of dollars from the Defense Department.

"Washington still has considerable leverage in Iraq by freezing or withdrawing its security assistance packages, issuing travel advisories in more stark terms that will have a direct impact on direct foreign investment, and reassessing diplomatic relations and trade agreements," said Matthew Sherman, a former State Department official who spent more than three years in Iraq.

Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the commander of American forces in the Persian Gulf, said at a Pentagon news conference today that the troop buildup was intended to allow the United States to broaden its security assistance to regional allies, while remaining poised to attack terrorists.

In FY 2012 the Pentagon appropriated $11.7 billion for its security assistance programs, $3.4 billion more than the State Department appropriated for its programs.

On Aug. 8, Turkey completed its second International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command (II and VII) in Afghanistan, which it held for six months and during which time it contributed over 1,600 troops.

A month later it requested security assistance from Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries and declared a three-month state of emergency.

Every year, before it can release security assistance, the United States government is required by law to certify that the Pakistani armed forces meet certain counterterrorism criteria.

In addition to an increase in security assistance from its treaty ally, the US, an idea that some have long advocated for described as "linking spokes" within the US alliance network, the Philippines has also expanded security cooperation with other American allies in Asia (De Castro 2009).

American officials said they planned to address that by helping provide secure housing and security assistance, which low-level Afghan employees cannot afford.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force says its convoys have suffered only three attacks on the Kandahar-Tarin Kowt supply road in the last two years.