So there are -- and he has taken enormous steps towards overcoming a lot of those challenges, principally the economic ones, but also rebalancing our foreign policy and reestablishing American leadership around the world and drawing down our troops in Iraq -- 100, 000 American troops have been drawn down from Iraq -- and getting a policy towards Afghanistan that can achieve our goals there.
After drawing level from 2-0 down, Macgregor, Muller and Martin lost the decider to the French trio of Anne-Claire Le Berre, Alice Ponsar and Myrtille Ponge.
We have been drawing down from the surge-force level already and will continue that process.
The diminishing number of Western forces in Helmand is one of the first visible signs that Nato's 13-year involvement in Afghanistan is gradually drawing down, though British commanders are keen to stress that they will do all they can over what they term an "important summer" to ensure the Afghan army and police are ready to take on the fight.
"The majority of senators believe the time is now to start drawing down U.S. forces, not just to pre-surge levels but beyond them, and to limit the mission of those remaining to fight al Qaeda, train Iraqis and help protect the borders, " he said.
But with the Sabres' front office in disarray, the team faltered and attendance collapsed, drawing only 5, 800 season ticket holders in the 2002--03 season, down from 9, 000 the year before.
Mr Odinga's Oranges have tried to curry favour with the public by calling for a trimmed-down cabinet, but seem to have been just as complicit in drawing up a bloated list of 40 ministries that was close to being agreed upon.
Corporate titans, including those with stellar ratings, are drawing on revolving bank-credit lines to secure rainy day funds until the credit markets calm down.
"It was me with my head down, working as much as I could, painting and drawing and going to live-model classes and studying design, " he said.
But the drawing down of principle isn't sustainable, and now there's a cash flow problem--money flowing into the Highway Trust Fund is projected to drop.
In injury time, Lampard did add the fifth, heading in after Drogba had nodded down Cole's high left-wing cross to give Chelsea the added bonus of drawing level on goal difference with Manchester United.
And that's why he has been very clear in putting forward a strategy that included the plussing-up, the surging of forces, in order to execute the mission, and the drawing down, the slow withdrawal, the gradual withdrawal, the paced withdrawal of U.S. forces as we transfer lead authority over to the Afghan security forces.
Rob moved in the other direction -- toward the enemy, drawing their guns away from his team and bringing the fire of all those insurgents down upon himself.
WHITEHOUSE: Medal of Honor for Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller
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