However, he did say that in previous undertakings, civilian progress usually followed along with military progress.
"It would be irresponsible to keep the mission in a war zone without seeing any political or military progress, " the official added.
David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, are to report to Congress next month on the political and military progress in Iraq.
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Finally, in areas that have been cleared, we are surging diplomatic and civilian resources to ensure that military progress is quickly followed up with real improvements in daily life.
While serving in the Army for 25 years, I saw military healthcare progress with advances in medical technology and as required by evolving missions.
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Though the U.S. military sees progress in the war, pointing to campaigns in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand over the past year, the Taliban remain a formidable foe, retaining the ability to launch daily attacks, assassinating government officials and operating a shadow government in large swaths of the countryside.
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The military official underscored progress in Iraq on both the political and military fronts.
But since the fall of President Suharto in 1998, the Indonesian military has made progress on the humanitarian front.
Gates himself noted that increased military presence must be accompanied by non-military solutions if progress is to be made in the war.
David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker were to appear before Congress to deliver reports on military and political progress in Iraq.
David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, are scheduled to deliver a report on their views about military and political progress to Congress.
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It means that the Iraqi military has to progress to the point where they can make their country safer, where the Iraqi police forces, which have been really disappointing in terms of their own performance, have to do a lot better.
He said the solution with Iran was "not military", and progress with Tehran depended on international co-operation.
His downbeat pronouncements about the progress of the military campaign had annoyed people in Washington too, where some regarded him as verging on the defeatist.
Might the attendant gunfire and missile preparations be merely the work of military hardliners trying to block diplomatic progress?
The minister is expected to say that "well-spent aid" is in the UK's interest because it promotes political progress and supports the military's work to bring security and peace to the country.
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On Sunday, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said Congress needs to wait for military commanders in Iraq to complete their progress report in September, before calling for changes in U.S. strategy.
Petraeus said Friday he thinks progress has been made with the military escalation in Iraq.
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But, in part because of our military effort, we have reason to believe that progress can be made.
What this shows is that structural features of the military marketplace reduce the value of competition as technology programs progress from development to production to fielding.
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Back then, the report was seen as an initial check on whether the U.S. military surge was reducing violence enough to create conditions for political progress.
Both highlighted states that have made progress in changing laws to make it easier for military spouses to attain new credentials when they move to a new state, and challenged all 50 states to follow through.
But is the President at all thinking still about going to Haiti, and is the President getting any kind of still a daily update on progress reports in Haiti and also the fact that military units are leaving Haiti?
But to work, the military campaign has to be intimately bound up with economic and political progress.
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According to the Associated Press, citing unnamed administration officials, the president plans to follow Petraeus' recommendations on reducing the U.S. military presence in Iraq, but will condition troop cuts on continued progress.
And we're making progress, because the men and women of the United States military are showing magnificent courage.
The report also said the U.S. should reduce political, military or economic support for Iraq if the Baghdad government cannot make substantial progress.
The question is, does the American military have enough soldiers to expand its efforts as it tries to sustain progress in the neighborhoods already secured?
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