Only half the trains in the U.S. can travel up to 170 kilometers per hour, but American trains are about to change, according to U.S.Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Today's nuclear threat differs from that of the Cold War, according to U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, "The threat of nuclear war, nuclear attack that we grew up with in the Cold War has diminished.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Nearly one in five children in the United States is obese, according to the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

According to the U.S.Department of labor, there are five unemployed people for every job opening in the country.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

According to a spokesman for the U.S.Africa Command in Stuttgart,Germany, Dan La Pierre,the exercise, dubbed "Natural Fire 10,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

In short,the pain,havoc, and economic devastation could have been far worse, according to the head of the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

As the skit continues, the teacher has a change of heart after another student recites their rights according to the U.N.Convention and according to the students themselves.

VOA: standard.2009.11.22

According to a statement from Lieberman's office, he said U.N.forums give an automatic anti-Israel majority to countries with poor human rights records such as Cuba,Bangladesh, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

According to the U.S.-based Committee to Project Journalists, at least 17 foreign and Afghan journalists on duty in Afghanistan have been killed since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban from power.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Ryan's story is all too familiar. According to government estimates, of the more than 30,000 U.S.highway deaths reported in 2008, about 12 percent involved drivers between the ages of 15 and 20.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Clinton,according to a text of her remarks released by U.S.officials, said the need for additional forces to supplement the 30,000 troops being added by the United States is urgent - but that the presence will not be indefinite.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05