Blair,a retired U.S.Navy admiral who has been in his job about two months, covered a wide range of topics during a lengthy session with reporters at DNI headquarters just outside Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"Historically, during our last two recessions in ninety-one and two thousand one it's taken twenty-three months in ninety-one and about thirty-six months, three years,in our last recession in two thousand one for the United States to regain the jobs lost in the recession."

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Thursday's shooting apparently followed an argument between Toumba and Captain Camara about taking responsibility for the killing of opposition demonstrators two months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

And with only two months left and numerous hurdles remaining, questions are being raised about whether nations can narrow their differences in time.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28