and I would say, 'We were doing a comedy show.'" "They would say,'Really? For the troops?'

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

There's a wonderful book by my former colleague, Geoffrey Parker, called The Spanish Road, which talked about how difficult it was for the Spanish to get troops all the way to the Netherlands.

我之前的同事 杰弗里·帕克,写了一本非常好的书,叫做《西班牙之路》,讲述了西班牙是怎么样艰苦地,将军队派遣到荷兰去的

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The United States is preparing for an increase of more than twenty thousand troops there in the coming months.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

He set a time limit for withdrawal of most American troops from Iraq, while increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

But the United States says deals governing the forty-seven thousand American troops in Japan are not up for renegotiation.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

For this reason, British and American forces decided instead to attack the Italian and German troops occupying North Africa.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

America's constitution says federal troops cannot be sent to a state unless the state government asks for them.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Fewer than one hundred thousand American troops are in Iraq for the first time since the invasion seven years ago next week.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

"This is the Army" also was performed for the American troops at military bases around the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

Jackson hid his troops in woods along the hill and waited for General Lee to arrive with the rest of the southern army.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

The summit meetings also brought thousands of troops and police for security and to control protests.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Then the Army used the rocks to train troops for action in the mountains of Europe.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The goal is for all troops to leave Iraq by the end of next year.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

That still leaves Afghanistan. On Wednesday,by a wide majority, the United States House of Representatives rejected a call for a quick withdrawal of American troops.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

Organized labor denounced him for using federal troops to break up the Pullman strike.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Sixty-six deaths made July the deadliest month yet for American troops in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

So,railroad companies asked the federal government for troops to break the strike.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Another called for the execution of white officers who led black troops.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

and Afghan governments have not done a good job of communicating the real reason for troops being sent to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

This year has been the deadliest for international troops in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban-led government in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

The U.S.defense secretary has rejected suggestions for a more limited approach emphasizing air strikes over troops on the ground.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

President Obama says he will take his time in deciding whether to deploy more troops for the Afghan war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

In the event of violent protests, troops will isolate areas set for demolition and jam the cell phones of settlers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

Morrell says it is in the troops' interest for the leaders to come up with a strategy that works.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The president is considering several options for his revised Afghanistan strategy, including a substantial increase in the number of troops deployed.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Mr.Rasmussen said he is confident there will soon be substantially more troops and with that, new momentum for the mission.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The general reportedly is asking for as many as 40,000 additional troops a figure Kerry said is too high.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

(SAYING) He said Israel holds the government of Lebanon responsible for what he described as "the violent provocation" against Israeli troops.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

With U.S.casualties in Afghanistan on the increase, the president is considering requests from his military commanders for more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The pledges announced by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rassmussen fall short of the 10,000 additional troops that Pentagon officials hoped for.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05