During last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama expressed a willingness to meet leaders of nations with which the United States has no official diplomatic relations, including Cuban President Raul Castro.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Schoenberg said Gershwin was a man who lived in music and expressed everything through music, because music was his native language.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

But social and religious conservatives expressed fears that they might now be accused of a hate crime if they denounced homosexuality.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

This week America's top military officer expressed support for the proposal at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

The WHO's Director-General,Margaret Chan, has expressed concern there is not a good process in place to produce enough vaccine against the virus.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Agency chief Margaret Chan has expressed concern there is not a good process in place to produce enough vaccine against the virus.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Mr.Bluemling's family expressed concern for his safety in a country where Islamic militants have sometimes attacked Westerners.

VOA: special.2011.03.03

represented a time of promise. "This could not be happening" was the sentiment expressed as a growing crowd gathered around that black-and-white TV set.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Christian in France expressed a different concern, saying: The big problem of the transgenic seeds is that they are the monopoly of big companies.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

In Europe,politicians and environmentalists expressed deep disappointment that world leaders failed to reach a stronger agreement.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

But Zbigniew Lewicki, a specialist in American studies at the University of Warsaw, expressed concerns.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

These paintings expressed a sense of wonder for America's natural environment and its endless possibilities.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

But he called the raid tragic. He also expressed hope that the situation might be a chance to seek progress in the Middle East peace process.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

A U.N.spokesman expressed concern about reports that government shelling has killed civilians.

VOA: special.2009.05.16