It allowed the U.S. to conduct an orderly withdrawal of its forces.

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To some degree, this indicates the capital markets expect an orderly withdrawal from the massive global monetary stimulus measures currently in place.

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Instead, House leaders only allowed a vote on a Democratic-sponsored amendment designed to end the war more quickly by limiting funding to the "safe and orderly withdrawal" of U.S. troops.

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Michael Jackson said Yugoslavia had agreed to a "phased, verifiable and orderly withdrawal from Kosovo" that would allow for a NATO peacekeeping force to enter the province and provide a "secure environment" there.

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Hillary Clinton, who questioned both Petraeus and Crocker, called for an "orderly" withdrawal of troops.

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"We hope the withdrawal will be orderly and that both sides will refrain from further military action, " he told reporters in Juba.

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It has only to look across the water to Europe to see how failure to manage the withdrawal of stimulus in an orderly manner can push economies back into recession, making it that much harder to tackle the ultimate goal of lowering government debt.

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