Sentence examples for narrow missions from inspiring English sources

"We will continue to undertake only two narrow missions: counter-terrorism and training, advising and assisting our Afghan partners," an official said.

Again and again, Mr. Edwards turned toward Mrs. Clinton, at one point asserting she would leave troops in Iraq for combat missions, while saying he would only leave troops for narrow missions like protecting the American embassy.

If the Afghan government signs a security agreement that we have negotiated, a small force of Americans could remain in Afghanistan with NATO allies to carry out two narrow missions: training and assisting Afghan forces, and counterterrorism operations to pursue any remnants of al Qaeda.

We have carried out that narrow mission in exemplary fashion.

He defined a narrow mission for American troops — self-defense, Special Operations and emergencies.

So I said to the American people, here's our narrow mission.

needed to return to its original, narrow mission of providing emergency lending.

Most of the coalition's members are small organizations with a relatively narrow mission; many receive pharmaceutical company contributions.

He said it was too expensive (at the time, the projection was $28 billion for 682 aircraft) for what he viewed as the Marines' relatively narrow mission, amphibious assault.

The following year, in 1992, Operation Restore Hope started out as a narrow mission to feed starving Somalis in the middle of a civil war.

He bases his argument on the belief that a force of 30,000 to 50,000 troops with a very narrow mission to advise and assist Iraqi security forces could avert a civil war.