Senator Kennedy's comments came as a poll showed that 61% of Americans opposed a troop increase.
Today, the Americans have largely withdrawn from Iraq and have managed a troop surge in Afghanistan.
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Officials have suggested Obama could announce a troop decision shortly before or after Thanksgiving.
What is the difference between an electric utility and a troop of Boy Scouts in the woods?
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The 2, 200-passenger liner also was meant to double as a troop transport ship if war broke out.
Last year, the Girl Scouts allowed a transgender member into a troop, sparking a cookie boycott.
But a troop buildup remains unpopular, with a separate question indicating that a majority opposes sending more troops.
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"His country will sign a cease-fire accord with Georgia and scrupulously respect all agreements, including a troop withdrawal, " Sarkozy's office said.
No standing in the corridors for hours, no being shunted off for a troop train to pass, and above all, no black-out curtains.
Ryan also voted against a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2011.
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His push for a troop increase is at odds with the advice of the bipartisan Iraq Survey Group, congressional leaders and some of his own military commanders.
John McCain, R-Arizona, who was instrumental in pushing for a troop surge in Iraq, warned that a troop increase in Afghanistan may not achieve the same results.
Although a buildup in American forces has raised the number of troops in Iraq to nearly 160, 000, pressure is mounting in the U.S. for a troop withdrawal.
The software giant led by Chief Executive SteveBallmerSteve Ballmer has sent a troop lawyers and advocates to a hearing in Brussels where they will lay out Microsoft's defense.
The thieves are a band of Norman mercenaries, including a mysterious warrior who calls himself Harlequin, from the old French word hellequin, meaning a troop of the devil's horsemen.
Dannatt is due to step down next year and be replaced by an advocate of a troop surge in Afghanistan, General David Richards, who currently commands British Land Forces.
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The software giant led by Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has sent a troop lawyers and advocates to a hearing in Brussels where they will lay out Microsoft's defense.
If the military had a troop shortage could shore up its numbers by allowing openly gay service members to serve, it would have done that a long time ago, too.
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As you understand, I think the agreement itself allows for a troop presence after 2014, as was agreed in the Lisbon summit by the ISAF countries and by NATO, obviously.
Abizaid has warned that a troop surge might placate targeted areas in the short run but could leave U.S. forces over-extended and less capable in the summer months that would follow.
The 21st took part in what is regarded as the last great British cavalry charge, at Omdurman 45 years later - in which a young Lieutenant Winston Churchill led a troop.
We talked politics with a Norwegian couple and had our first encounter with a troop of Japanese hikers who would shower us with bows and applause whenever we reunited along the trail.
On day three, a troop of baboons go about their daily grooming and tick-picking tasks with nonchalance, ignoring both the camera-toting hikers and the dollops of yellow foam blowing off the angry sea.
In fact, the seminal moment in the book involves (coincidentally enough) another confrontation with McChrystal and the top military brass during the run-up to the president's fateful decision to approve a troop surge in Afghanistan.
The US announcement of a troop surge in Afghanistan, coupled with an exit strategy that becomes operational barely 18 months from now, means that Pakistanis will be under great pressure to dismantle these groups without further delay.
For instance, the Marine Corps is exploring how the vessel might be used as a troop carrier for small expeditionary units and their equipment, since in addition to all that space the littoral warship can launch and recover both boats and helicopters.
Swift dressed in white top hat, tails, shorts and tall boots during the surreal version of her hummable hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" that included a troop of mime clowns and a guy on a tricycle with a flame-thrower attached.
According to the newspaper reports, the peace proposal calls for steps to rebuild confidence, including a halt to Israel's settlement activities, a lifting of the blockade on Palestinian areas and a troop withdrawal to positions held before the start of the Palestinian uprising in late September last year.
Examples include being chosen to lead a Boy Scout Troop or a sports team or developing a new course to train freshly hired employees to do jobs.
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