While NATO officials gave no specific timeline for the drawdown, Secretary General Jaap DE Hoop Scheffer said it could take place by next January.

尽管北约官员没有给出具体撤军的时间安排，北约秘书长夏候雅伯说，撤军可能从明年1月开始。

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While NATO officials gave no specific timeline for the drawdown, Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said it could take place by next January.

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He will not make specific decisions on further drawdowns before the current drawdown is complete in September in 2012.

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