Burns also indicated movement on reaching an agreement with India required by U.S.law for all foreign military purchases of sensitive American technology.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

But the news is not all bad. The Commerce Department reports orders for U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

"Mortality disparities were noted for all four major U.S.racial and ethnic minorities groups."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

U.S.airspace was closed for three days and European airlines cancelled all transatlantic flights.

VOA: standard.2010.04.17

Like the Bank of England, the U.S.Federal Reserve has all but exhausted one of its most powerful tools for stimulating the economy -- lowering the key interest rate that banks charge to lend to each other.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

The threat,made on December 31 in a message posted on an extremist Internet Web site, prompted the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to elevate the risk for all U.S.military and commercial ships sailing through an area stretching from Somalia to the Persian Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07