Mr.Obama says helping the financial sector is one aspect of an all-out effort to shore up the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"The tires are larger than you would find on a HUMVEE, so the ground pressure, which is really what matters, isn't all that much different from an up-armored HUMVEE,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Rodney Barker says it is all up in the air.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Deputy Executive Director of the U.N.Children's Fund, Saad Houry, agrees that the reality does not always live up to the Convention's vision of a world that is made safe for all children.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"But the problem on the relief well is not simply drilling all the way down, it is also connecting it up, and that is a delicate operation that could take some time."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

to the place where it all began for Michael Jackson. The small home where he grew up not far from downtown Gary is now a shrine to the late singer and his family.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

So,this is kind of a mood album, it's the extreme of moods, you know,Achin,' sad slow, sultry Country ballads and then the Shakin' is all up-tempo, kind of crazy,fast, a little bit throw-back Country, a little bit throw-back old soul or Motown."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"Turkey's persistent denial and inability to face, or unwillingness to face up to its history is very disruptive in all kinds of ways - in terms of international relations, in terms of its own internal politics - and it also prevents it from really recognizing how do you deal with minorities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"What we are seeing is that the aid effort is beginning to scale up. We are all frustrated by the fact that there is not as much aid on the streets as anybody would like, but I think you will see that effort scaling up very rapidly,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

"To take an opportunity to make sure that the indifference that the American people have had to the cause in Darfur ends, that we recognize we are all part of one human family and that it is very important that we stand up and that we make our voices be heard."

VOA: standard.2010.05.23