Sentence examples for troop drawdown from inspiring English sources

Now the troop drawdown will slow the flow of western money.

Obama announced on Tuesday that he will delay his long-promised US troop drawdown in Afghanistan.

Suddenly, are we to believe they emerged, phoenixlike, after hearing that a troop drawdown would start in 2011?

Mr. Edwards acknowledged that there was a risk that a speedy troop drawdown might lead to substantially increased sectarian violence.

Mr. Gates cautioned that it was still early and that an accelerated troop drawdown "may or may not" occur.

That means the troop drawdown could begin in April, when the first troops in the surge will reach their 15th month on the ground".

"Nobody knows if the trends are durable in the absence of national reconciliation and in the face of major U.S. troop drawdowns in 2008".

The remarks also come at a time when Bush administration officials are showing increased caution, at least in the near term, with regard to troop drawdowns.

In an era of Pentagon budget cuts, troop drawdowns from Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world, Mr. Panetta has been in a very public fight to trim the Pentagon's vast expenses.

The remaining two brigades are scheduled to leave by the end of July, at which point Gen. David H. Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq, has recommended a pause in troop drawdowns to reassess the situation.

The remaining two brigades are scheduled to leave by July, at which point General David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq has recommended a "pause" in troop drawdowns to reassess the situation on the ground.