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But a big expansion of the US military presence in Afghanistan had not been part of the calculation.

Mr Gates said the US would maintain a strong military presence in the region, including sending a new combat ship to Singapore.

How much more of a military presence will we see, now that this incident has occurred, for the next week?

They wanted the military presence in place during the pole shift, so as to be able to take over the world's oil fields more readily.

For now, at least some of its neighbors appear willing to accept a larger Japanese military presence.

"There was a time, I think, in the Eisenhower era, military presence abroad was useful, " he says.

"We have not seen much military presence in the streets. Troops are on hill tops and from there they move to other areas, " he said.

For much of the past half-century, the Taiwanese military presence on Mazu has been a deterrent to mainland poachers.

Though the United States has a huge military presence in Afghanistan, it vows to get out.

"Yes, they agreed on this amendment. The foreign military presence in Iraq will end in 2011, " he said.

At locks, isolated farmhouses and riverside pubs he would talk to people, hoping for hints of a military presence .

First, the United States is backing up its political statements with an increased military presence in Southeast Asia.

Against this backdrop, a more broadly distributed military presence across the region will provide vital advantages.

The White House used the occasion to argue that Mr. Obama is broadly reducing the American military presence abroad.

In early June, India signalled that it would boost its military presence close to the border.

But the Americans have no military presence in these provinces and no influence with local militias or politicians.

But China's growing military presence on Myanmar's border and its efforts to secure natural resources have been unpopular in Myanmar.

Near the western rebel-held Libyan city of Zawiya, a heavy government military presence could be seen.

While in Seoul, South Korea, Bush also will discuss the transformation of the American military presence in South Korea, Wilder said.

But as China's power and capability increase, it may begin to rethink its attitude to the US military presence in its backyard.

Obama is expected to announce an agreement with Australia for a permanent American military presence there.

However, General Allen went on to insist that most Afghans supported the western military presence in their country.

Why, in the "post-Cold War" era, the continuing US attempts to maintain its military presence in and around Japan, Korea and Taiwan?

Indeed, without such a long-term US military presence, a renewed civil war is probable.

And West Berlin prospered, continuously helped by American public and private aid and protected by a token Allied military presence.

The poll is seen as a security test for Iraq as the US prepares to reduce its military presence in the coming months.

In total, exactly half of those asked said decreasing the US military presence abroad would reduce the threat from terrorism.

A heavy military presence and curfews in the worst-hit states, including Kaduna, Kano and Bauchi, have since brought an edgy calm.

These same factors make it doubly unlikely that Beijing would seek a military presence there.

He came bearing promises of deeper U. S. engagement in Asia Pacific and plans to amp up U. S. military presence on Australia's north coast.

Obama's first stop was Japan, a key U. S. ally and the host of a large (and increasingly contested) U. S. military presence.

North Korea's continued belligerence since 1950 created a requirement for a U. S. military presence in the northwest Pacific.

The swelling military presence of China and uncertainties surrounding a leadership transition in North Korea are stoking concerns.

S. military presence in the Gulf has been, and continues to be, a source of popular resentment.

The military presence early on consists mainly of strong militia units that can be supplemented by Mailed Knights and Mounted Sergeants.

He demanded a continuing Israeli military presence along what would become an independent Palestine's border with Jordan.

By maintaining a stabilizing military presence, we helped to free emerging nations from concerns about security.

KC: So we're talking about a hotbed of the Illuminati, but we're also talking about a military presence.

America's military presence has not prevented massive human suffering.

Moscow has threatened to send more troops to Abkhazia if Georgia continues to boost its military presence in the border territory.

The UN has undertaken to reinforce its military presence along the borders.

The wave of violence in the capital is taking place despite an increased US military presence in the city.

Mr Lee had America's economic influence in mind as well as its military presence.

China's massive military presence across the border estimated at 3 lakh troops.

But he will all the same shrink France's military presence in sub-Saharan Africa, and reorient it towards the Horn of Africa and the Gulf.

The large military presence in the region has also been seen as slowing down efforts to return to normalcy.

Russia has kept its military presence not just in Georgia but in other former Soviet republics.

Abbottabad is a two-hour drive from Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, and has a large military presence.

In this view, leaving Iraq would deny al-Qaeda its best recruiting tool, a large U. S. military presence in the Middle East.

The United Nations maintains a military presence in the area.

There will be no diminution of our military presence or capabilities in the region.

These states get a large portion of Federal allocations because of the large military presence in those states.

It has other options for supplying U. S. troops in Afghanistan, such as enhancing its military presence in Turkmenistan.

Countries are once again stepping up their military presence in the far north.

China is not going to stir up political troubles in this area, nor have a military presence.

The caption on the website said "There is a heavy military presence in Lhasa" .

China also needs to reduce its military presence facing Taiwan.

Many residents on the island resent the military presence.

That created a constant military presence in the streets.

Increase military presence in the region.

And it is vital that Israel maintain a long-term military presence along the Jordan River.

On the other hand, not having a US military presence in Poland now would be seen in many Eastern European capitals as a retreat.

After wars are over, we most of the time have a military presence there.

The United States has a military presence in many countries. Why is it news that the Unit4d States may maintain a base in Afghanista? n?

The U. S. has a large military presence in Japan, and there were signs troops were being mobilized quickly there to help out.

The second chain reaches Guam , where America has a big military presence.

'China can make use of this situation to expand its military presence in Africa, ' the paper said.

They also help justify our enormous military presence on their soil--something that has been politically controversial in Japan.

ASEAN summit; we signed the Guam International Agreement that helps sustain a strong U. S. military presence in the region;

In fact it was two senators from the radical left who mutinied over Italy's military presence in Afghanistan;

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increase their military presence in the whole of Africa