Sentence examples for withdrawal timelines from inspiring English sources

"He voted against withdrawal timelines five times," Mr. Himes said.

Several Democrats pressed Ms. Rice to set some kind of timetable for withdrawing troops, and Senator Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana and chairman of the committee, said that even though withdrawal timelines were "unwise," Americans "need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come home".

As the Illinois Democrat inevitably gets criticized from the GOP for pursuing troop withdrawal timelines, he merely needs to pivot and argue that it is the policy wish of the Iraqis.

Admiral Mullen disclosed that top commanders in Afghanistan were likely to submit their specific proposals for a withdrawal timeline in October.

It's this bipartisan mantra that more war must be fought without more sacrifice — rather than Obama's tentative withdrawal timeline — that most loudly signals to the world the shallowness of the American public's support for any Afghanistan escalation.

In the past, he has said that while he wanted to follow the same 2014 withdrawal timeline as the Obama administration and NATO allies, he would seek the advice of military commanders on the ground before making a decision.

More than six years after US-led forces invaded and occupied Iraq, and almost a year after Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki made headlines by indicating that he favoured the proposed withdrawal timeline of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, Iraqi forces are preparing to take control of security in the country's cities and towns.

Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of American forces in Iraq, has said that while the military has built flexibility into the withdrawal timeline, the plan was to step up troop departures in the spring to meet President Obama's goal of having all combat troops out of the country by August 2010.

NATO officials who have been briefed on the current military plans say that even with the new withdrawal timeline set by Mr. Obama, the bulk of American forces now in Afghanistan will stay there through the summer fighting season and then withdraw in late autumn and early winter.

Young called Obama's withdrawal timeline arbitrary and political.

Maybe they'll wake up and remember that Bush was the one who signed this withdrawal timeline into existence, three years ago.