Representative Ron Paul, an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, says the hope is that the Obama administration will focus on non-military means to resolve the Afghanistan situation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

That's not all. A new government will also have to resolve a 19-year-old rebellion in an eastern break-away region, where Russia has troops and which wants to be annexed by Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Officials have said the plan for Iran to export uranium for processing abroad under safeguards for its medical reactor could be a model for a broader deal to resolve concerns that its nominally-peaceful program is weapons-related.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24