Sentence examples for reduced troop from inspiring English sources

The American public is growing wary of the war, with Democratic lawmakers and activists calling for reduced troop levels.

Dengue has substantially weakened US military operations and reduced troop strength since the Spanish American War.

There's been an improvement in guidance for detention operations, to minimise civilian harm during "night raids" – night-time ground operations to capture or kill insurgent commanders but as airstrikes have reduced, troops have increased, and the use of raids has intensified.

One wonders if it might be easier to reduce troop levels by reducing them rather than by raising them.

"Has it allowed us to reduce troop levels to below where they were when it started?" Michael Kinsley wrote recently.

"As Afghan troops take a bigger role we will be able to reduce troop numbers further next year," Cameron said in July.

It is similar to what Mr. Gates put in place last fall, before General Petraeus announced the decision to reduce troop levels from their peak of 20 brigades.

Still, General Petraeus is expected to disclose plans to reduce troop levels in mid-December with the withdrawal of a combat brigade.

"It is an ongoing conversation between allies about how exactly transition is progressing and what is the right way to reduce troop numbers between effectively 2012 and 2014.

The American commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, has said he will review how quickly to reduce troop levels 30 to 60 days after Iraq's national elections.

The move is part of the president's plan to reduce troop levels to what they were before the "surge" added 30,000 this year.