A new material arrival at a particular time triggers the "stepping up" event on the material supply line.
Is Maliki's departure a condition for the stepping up of U.S. military assistance, including the arrival in Iraq of the military advisers?
He stressed the need for a regional approach, including Pakistan, and the stepping up of civilian and military efforts, a Nato spokesman said.
Asked about the stepping up of US offensive capabilities outlined in the directive, a senior administration official said: "Once humans develop the capacity to build boats, we build navies.
The administration published some declassified talking points from the directive in January 2013, but those did not mention the stepping up of America's offensive capability and the drawing up of a target list.
Since then, the stepping up of those campaigns and other restrictions on religious practice show that the Chinese government is "now deliberately carrying out some kind of systematic policy to eliminate Tibetan unity," he said.
