Morin said he never called for a withdrawal date, but rather said NATO should stay in Afghanistan as long as necessary, although not forever.

莫兰表示，他从来没有要求确定一个撤军日期，而是说，只要有需要，北约就应当留在阿富汗，尽管不是永远留在那里。

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Donors will need to convince voters that there is an end point in mind and a date for withdrawal, even if it is some way off.

捐赠者必须说服选民，将来的某个时点捐赠会结束，总有一天将撤回援助，即使离那一天还有一段路要走。

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But more important, we won't move until they set a date for withdrawal of troops from Vietnam.

但更重要的是，如果他们不定出从越南撤军的日期，我们就不会离开。

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Flournoy says the withdrawal date is not arbitrary and Mr.Obama did not, as she put it,pull the timeline "out of a hat."

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Testifying to Congress in September 2007 alongside the then US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, the general warned Democrats calling for an early withdrawal date that such a move might have "devastating consequences".

BBC: Profile: David Petraeus

But Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other Iraqi and U.S. officials had warned of an increase in attacks around the withdrawal date as remaining insurgents attempt to re-ignite the sectarian warfare that ravaged the country in 2006 and 2007.

CNN: Iraqis cheer -- and fear -- U.S. pullout from cities

Earlier in the drawn-out debate over war funding, the House approved a bill that set a firm date for withdrawal.

NPR: House Set to Vote on Compromise War-Funds Bill