Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 68 troop drawdown 65 gradual withdrawal 63 troop withdrawals 62 drawdown 62 troop reductions 62 troop withdrawal 61 combat brigades 61 troop surge 60 troop buildup 60 phased withdrawal 59 troop levels 58 redeployment 55 troop pullout 54 Petraeus 54 Gen. Petraeus 54 Odierno 51 redeploying 51 troops 51 troop deployment 51 Gen. Ray Odierno 51 Iraq 50 pullout 50 redeploy 49 Afghanistan 49 PRTs 49 Abizaid 48 McChrystal 48 counterinsurgency strategy 47 troop 47 troop deployments 46 counterinsurgency 46 drawdowns 46 Gen. McChrystal 46 peacekeeping force 46 deployment 45 withdrawal 45 peacekeeping mission 44 NATO 44 Schoomaker 44 topple Saddam Hussein 44 Iraqis 44 Khalilzad 44 peacekeeping 43 counter insurgency 43 commanders 43 Afghan 43 Iraqi 43 mandate expires 43 brigades 42 Admiral Mullen 42 sectarian violence 42 Taliban strongholds 42 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 42 Zebari 42 General Stanley McChrystal 42 UN peacekeeping 41 David McKiernan 41 Warner R Va 41 Di Rita 41 Rumsfeld 41 David Petraeus 41 Brahimi 41 disarm Hezbollah 41 Turkish incursion 41 timetable 41 peacekeepers 41 Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad 41 Anbar 40 insurgency 40 Lt. Gen. Ricardo 40 Gen. Tommy Franks 40 resurgent Taliban 40 al Maliki 40 CENTCOM 40 QDR 40 Nato 40 EUFOR 40 orderly transition 39 handover 39 Kosovo 39 AFRICOM 39 General Kayani 39 disarmament 39 3rd Infantry 39 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 39 General Tommy Franks 39 Ryan Crocker 39 oust Saddam Hussein 39 Anbar province 39 South Waziristan 39 General Ashfaq Kayani 39 timeframe 39 John Abizaid 39 demobilization 39 noncombat 39 insurgents 39 Sunni insurgency 38 Shinseki 38 Eikenberry 38 stabilize 38 Zalmay Khalilzad