The drawdown of corn inventories is due to huge U.S. government subsidies of corn-derived ethanol.
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And the American ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, this week described how that drawdown might be carried out.
He expects a pullback, and thinks a drawdown of 4-7% could happen in a hurry.
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They are now planning a drawdown of troops there in just over a year's time.
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And the drawdown is due to start just ahead of the next presidential campaign.
The pace of that drawdown, the scope of that drawdown, depends on conditions on the ground.
The July 2011 transition date for the beginning of a drawdown remains very much in place.
And that the size and pace of the drawdown would depend on conditions on the ground.
This drawdown comes even as Communist China energetically seeks to develop a powerful blue-water navy.
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Part of that plan was, from the beginning, to begin a drawdown in July of 2011.
We have drawn down our troops in Iraq, and by December 31st, 2011, we'll complete that drawdown.
While Gen Petraeus backed the proposed drawdown, he warned that progress in Iraq remained "fragile" and "reversible".
The biggest drawdown occurred from April 2 to June 4, in which the market was down 10.9%.
Today, Senate Democrats rejected the plans being put forward for a drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq.
And the President has made clear that the pace -- that the drawdown of U.S. forces will continue.
You should be willing to take a 20% drawdown on every dollar you have in the stock market.
But under Obama's current plan, between 35, 000 and 50, 000 troops will remain to help execute a drawdown plan.
The top US commander, General George Casey, has talked about beginning a drawdown of US forces next summer.
And we'll look at how you can take an income from a pension using an annuity or drawdown.
This drawdown will continue and by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over.
Afghanistan is close enough to the drawdown of NATO troops in 2014 not to pull out in haste.
There are concerns throughout the country that the U.S. military drawdown is happening when Iraq is especially vulnerable.
Mr. Obama said Friday he would make an announcement on the pace of troop drawdown in coming months.
No one is sure how a Democratic president, if he or she were elected, would handle the drawdown.
Any further drawdown of U.S. troops will be based on conditions in Iraq and the recommendations of our commanders.
He said at the time that he would begin the drawdown of the surge forces in July of 2011.
Furthermore, a delayed launch would simply shift the annual channel drawdown from the June quarter to the September quarter.
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Time and again I am amazed at the lack of attention advisors give to the issue of portfolio drawdown.
We are on track to complete our drawdown of the surge forces in Afghanistan by September of next year.
But the latest violence in Iraq hardly creates a climate for a drawdown.
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