The senior American military commander in Iraq, General George Casey, said this week that he believes the United States could begin to draw down US forces by the spring of 2006 if progress continues.

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Britain had hoped to draw down troops to 2, 500 by this spring if conditions permitted.

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In the past few years, the district has hosted spring and holiday "strolls" that draw thousands to the strip.

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At that time, Britain had hoped to draw down troops to 2, 500 by this spring, a move that would have been dependent on conditions on the ground.

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His ten-person team of researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has battled Kandel to a draw by producing, in a dramatic series of experiments, fruit flies with photographic memory.

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