Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 75 drawdowns 67 troop drawdown 64 troop reductions 60 troop surge 60 troop withdrawals 59 troop buildup 56 troop withdrawal 56 phased withdrawal 55 troop levels 54 gradual withdrawal 53 withdrawal 52 redeployment 52 troop pullout 51 withdrawals 51 pullout 48 combat brigades 48 buildup 47 Odierno 46 Petraeus 45 Gen. Ray Odierno 45 redeploying 44 Gen. Petraeus 43 troop deployments 43 pullback 43 troop 42 McChrystal 42 Gen. McChrystal 42 Stanley McChrystal 42 Iraq 41 withdrawing 41 troops 41 troop deployment 41 stabilization 41 Rumsfeld 41 commanders 41 deployment 41 General Stanley McChrystal 40 repayment 40 handover 40 redeploy 40 surge 40 General Tommy Franks 39 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 38 Gen. Tommy Franks 38 rebalancing 38 reductions 38 reallocation 38 Afghanistan 38 Di Rita 38 Abizaid 37 Turkish incursion 37 Withdrawal 37 outflows 37 counterinsurgency strategy 37 David McKiernan 36 combatant commanders 36 reduction 36 oust Saddam Hussein 36 orderly transition 36 Khalilzad 36 Anbar 36 David Petraeus 36 discharges 36 replenishment 36 pullbacks 35 Dannatt 35 redemptions 35 demobilization 35 Schoomaker 35 Admiral Mullen 35 reassessment 35 Bremer 35 UNAMI 35 outflow 34 QDR 34 topple Saddam Hussein 34 curtailments 34 revaluation 34 Coalition Forces 34 Recapitalization 34 recapitalization 34 snowmelt 34 Iraqis 34 Michael O'Hanlon 34 deferral 34 escalation 34 re enlistment 34 noncombat 34 Iraqi 34 Helmand 34 active duty 34 depletion 34 reversion 34 brigades 34 resurgent Taliban 34 repayments 34 decline 33 Taliban strongholds 33 decommissioning 33 counterinsurgency 33 discharge