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Tommy Franks, Central Command commander, was given essentially a 48-hour window to launch this attack at his discretion, based on the conditions he saw at the ground, when he felt the timing would be absolutely right.
Obviously, the President has committed to July of 2011 as the date of our transition and begin to, based on -- judging that rate based on the conditions on the ground, to begin removing some of the troops that the President added as a part of our increased resources there over the past couple of years.
The actual number of troops, the timing, has to be determined by commanders on the ground based upon the conditions on the ground.
Sir Menzies said he would be "extremely surprised" if the strategy that emerged, while not setting a date for withdrawal, was not based on creating the right conditions for withdrawal.
But again, the president stressed today as he has so often in the past that any withdrawals will be based on conditions on the ground.
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How does he know that, given that that -- the size of that withdrawal is supposed to be based on conditions on the ground?
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Asked whether further troop reductions could resume after the pause, Petraeus repeated his position that future troop levels be based on conditions on the ground.
And I think the expectation on the part of both ourselves and our partners in the coalition is that as the Afghans increase their capability, then we can move to more challenging parts of the country and at the same time all of us begin drawing down our forces, again, based on conditions on the ground.
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The President is going to make his decision, as he has said all along, based on conditions on the ground, not whether or not there will be a drawdown, or the beginning of a drawdown, but the size and scope and pace of the drawdown.
Mr Obama wants a US drawdown of troops to begin next summer although US General David Petraeus - who this week replaced the sacked commander of multinational forces Stanley McChrystal - is among those insisting that has to be based on conditions on the ground.
It will be gradual, and it will be based on conditions on the ground.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review
He said such a move would be based on conditions on the ground at the time.
Obama has repeatedly called for a timetable for troop withdrawal, while McCain supports a withdrawal based on conditions on the ground.
He said that any troop reduction will be made based on conditions on the ground and on the recommendations of U.S. military commanders.
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Those are the objectives, and the decisions he will make going forward regarding withdrawal and troop drawdowns will be based on the success of fulfilling those objectives and the conditions on the ground as he makes those decisions.
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That is the point in which we will transition handing the security responsibility for Afghanistan to the Afghans, understanding that, as the President said a little under a week ago in West Point, the trajectory with which that withdrawal will happen will be based on, appropriately, conditions on the ground, as has happened in Iraq.
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Any further drawdown of U.S. troops will be based on conditions in Iraq and the recommendations of our commanders.
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"Before the events of the last week, the emerging military advice, based on our assessment of current conditions, was that further reductions might not be possible at the rate envisaged in the October announcement -- although it remains our clear direction of travel, " Browne said.
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