There was generally favorable response across the political spectrum in Muslim countries to the president's public statements - such as a pledge made before Turkey's Parliament in Ankara.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

In his speech in Atlanta, Georgia to the Disabled Veterans of America, Mr.Obama said the United States is on schedule to fulfill a pledge to transfer security responsibilities to Iraqi forces.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The 22-member Arab League says it will not implement the international arrest warrant, against Mr.Bashir,while Qatar, which is hosting an Arab summit next week, has repeated a pledge not to arrest him even though it is a signatory to the court charter.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

In some classes, only Spanish is spoken, even during the Pledge of Allegiance -- a morning tradition for American schoolchildren.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

The White House says President Barack Obama will attend next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen,Denmark, and will make a provisional pledge to cut U.S.greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

At each stop, I have emphasized president Obama's message that our strategy working with you may be in a new phase, but we pledge our full and continuing commitment to Iraq and the Iraqi people.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

And the new president renewed that pledge at news conferences in London where he attended the G-20 summit Thursday and at a campaign-style town hall event in Strasbourg,France where he was preparing for the 60th anniversary NATO summit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

The CBO projection is $7 trillion. The difference between the two estimates lies primarily in the fact that the CBO assumes the expiration of Bush administration-era tax cuts, while the White House is assuming that President Barack Obama will honor his pledge against allowing taxes to rise on families earning less than $250,000 a year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25