But the policy remains one that is designed precisely to stabilize the Afghan government to the point where it can take over the security lead responsibility in its own country, which then allows U.S. forces to withdraw.
Brazil's Massa had been set to take over the world championship lead from Kovalainen's McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton, who suffered a puncture with 29 laps remaining and eventually finished fifth.
But the rebels' advance in the district has been held up by disagreements between the groups over who should take the lead in the fight, he said.
In service of that effort, we need to create the time and space for the Afghan government and the Afghan security forces to be built up and trained so that they can take full security lead over the situation in their country.
Third objective, to stabilize Afghanistan and the Afghan government enough so that Afghan national security forces could be trained up -- could expand in size and be trained up so that they could gradually take over security of their country, take the security lead.
The election of Plaid Cymru's first woman leader allowed the nationalists to take an early lead over other parties in frequent use of the h-word.
It is essential to the fulfillment of our objectives there that we are able to transfer security lead to the Afghans gradually over the course of the next months, until no later than the end of 2014 that they take over full security lead.
Indeed, over the coming year, Afghans will begin to take the lead in security, and in July of next year will begin to transfer -- we will begin the transfer some of our forces out of Afghanistan.
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Syracuse had an offensive flurry to close the first half, outscoring the Friars 31-4 over the final 10 minutes to take a 43-16 lead at the break.
But he said the country must take "lead responsibility" for its own security over the course of his five-year term.
Veteran David West broke out of a series-long funk to score 24 points, Paul George finished with another double-double and Indiana pulled away for a 106-83 victory to take a 3-2 lead over the Hawks.
The Nuggets scored the last six points of the half over the final 41.9 seconds to take a 58-52 lead into the locker room.
Nick Bonino scored on the power play 18 seconds after Abdelkader was ejected for his hit on Lydman, and Anaheim went on to a 4-0 victory Saturday night to take a 2-1 series lead over the Red Wings in the Western Conference playoffs.
And he continued to run England's fielders ragged, until Shahzad was lined up to bowl the final over with just four wanted for Australia to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
"You have a sense that this is something historians might not pick up on but that might have influenced his decision to take a more cautious approach over Cuba and not lead the world into a nuclear holocaust, " said Mr Putnam.
And it is -- it remains absolutely a national security priority of the United States to ensure that we defeat al Qaeda -- which is why we are in Afghanistan to begin with -- and in furtherance of that goal, that we stabilize the situation in Afghanistan enough to allow the Afghan security forces to fully take over lead security responsibilities in their country.
But Mark Foster and Luke Narraway went over to take the English side into a 20-5 lead after a scrappy first half.
And such sentiments could easily spill over into an unwillingness to allow them to take the lead when it comes to security.
Earlier this year, Downing Street said Afghan forces would take over lead security responsibility in all parts of Afghanistan by the end of next year.
There are already signs of tension when it comes to the self-professed right of large member states to take the lead on issues such as negotiations with Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
Point two is, there is broad agreement that there is going to be a transition to a different kind of command structure and that the United States is not going to lead that effort, and that our allies and partners are going to take the lead in enforcing the no-fly zone over time.
With virtually every shot a swish, the Nets outscored the Cavs 28-8 over the final 7:17 to take a 66-36 halftime lead.
Oosthuizen led by five shots after round three and withstood another breezy day to take a four-shot lead over Casey into Sunday's finale on the Old Course.
Smith's jumper had New Orleans as close as 84-80 with more than five minutes still to go, but Lopez and Williams began to take over again, scoring the rest of the Nets' points and briefly building the lead back to nine inside the final two minutes.
But Rovers, who tasted victory over local rivals Hull FC in the Welsh capital, fought back to take a lead that they held until Hodgson's late heroics.
Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket chain, was able to take the lead in online groceries by devising a fairly simple system: goods ordered over the internet are picked from the shelves of the nearest supermarket and delivered to homes within set time slots.
With the right gestures and vocal tones, in short, anyone can take over a group and lead it, creating an instant tribe with herself at its head.
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The American closed with two birdies to sign for a 68 and take a handy lead over compatriots Daniel Summerhays (69) and Charley Hoffman (67) as well as Australia's Steven Bowditch (69).
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