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"The Department of Defense is very eager to step up its involvement in counterterrorism activities, and it has set its sights on traditional C.I.A. operational responsibilities and authorities," said John O. Brennan, a 25-year C.I.A. officer who headed the National Counterterrorism Center before retiring last year.

Iran may find that Wednesday's attacks provide it with ample rationale and domestic backing to step up its involvement in neighboring states. .

But Dunford and his boss, Carter, indicated that the US is likely to step up its involvement in the conflict.

Perhaps because of such sentiments, Colombia's defense minister, Luis Fernando Ramirez, applauds Washington's decision to step up its involvement in Colombia's battle against drugs as "a new beginning".

The French, who like the United States are significant fund shareholders, have called on the lending agency to step up its involvement to help Argentina recover.

On Monday, those who supported the campaign — largely Democrats — offered tempered encouragement, urging the United States to step up its involvement in Libya.

China has stepped up its involvement in United Nations peace-keeping activities and in anti-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa and elsewhere.

The UK has stepped up its involvement, with Gordon Brown telephoning Talat, Christofias and the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to voice his support for the negotiations last week.

China has also been expanding its diplomatic and economic influence around South Asia, stepping up its involvement in the affairs of Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Maldives.

The University also recently stepped up its involvement at the Mpala Research Centre, a multidisciplinary field-research station in Kenya, to better support the work of our scholars, researchers, and students there.

Earlier this year, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust sold its £2m stake in Reed because of concerns the publishing firm was stepping up its involvement in arms fairs despite the charity's three-year campaign to make Reed break ties to the trade.