Hours before the vote Tuesday, President Obama told reporters at the White House that education and the safety of communities should not be a political party issue.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

At that time, conditions in factories were already a national issue.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens."

VOA: special.2010.02.06

That will start to emerge at this summit, but there won't be agreement on that issue, which is very controversial."

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

But the really important thing we saw by 1992 was that people were not really engaged at all on this issue."

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

At Notre Dame Sunday, President Obama took on the issue that has dogged his visit and sharply divided and polarized Americans for decades - abortion.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

"You want to hold a review and you want to exclude the one big issue which should be right at the heart of that review."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Tourism creates jobs and that is the key issue at the end of day."

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

And what's at issue is the terms on which that goes forward.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Legal experts also predict that defense counsel for Mohammed and the other defendants will raise the issue of their treatment in captivity at the U.S.Naval base at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"This is not a partisan issue. It is a national issue that demands at least the involvement of Republicans and when you see a divided Congress, there are people that wonder and worry,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

Political analyst Amr Hamzawy of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut says that while Egypt has yet to reconcile Hamas and Fatah, at least it approaches the issue with a peace-based agenda, something no one else has done.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03