Petraeus has indicated that once troop levels in Iraq return to pre-surge levels of about 140, 000 by July, he would like a pause in the troop drawdown to evaluate the security situation.

彼得雷乌斯表示，在驻伊美军的数量下降到增兵之前的水平以后，他希望暂停撤军，评估安全局势。 按照现在的计划，驻伊美军将在7月之前减少到增兵前的大约14万人。

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I do believe that we can do this while continuing the ongoing drawdown of the surge forces...

我坚信我们逐步撤军的同时仍能完成这些任务。

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"We have very high confidence that by that date conditions will permit us to end the surge and begin a gradual and responsible drawdown of U.S.forces."

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He said at the time that he would begin the drawdown of the surge forces in July of 2011.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

We are on track to complete our drawdown of the surge forces in Afghanistan by September of next year.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And I think that, as you know, we are withdrawing all of our forces from Iraq, and we are already engaged in the drawdown of our surge forces in Afghanistan.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing