And American-British relations showed improvement.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

"Every time Americans debate the problem of states' rights, the relationship of federal power to state power -- which we are indeed having a roiling debate again -- and every time we debate not only race relations, but the very idea of what it means to be an American, multi-racial,greatly diverse society, we are debating the direct legacies of the Civil War."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

But international relations professor Steven Ekovich, of the American University of Paris, has his doubts whether Chirac will ever face trial.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

But Cuban American representatives in Congress strongly oppose any relaxing of restrictions on relations with Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

American University of Paris International Relations Professor Hall Gardner says generally Europeans like Obama's foreign policy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

In Washington, officials with the Council on American Islamic Relations said the five were Muslims who had disappeared from their homes in Northern Virginia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Before taking questions from tribal leaders, the president signed a memorandum asking every cabinet agency to give him a detailed plan to improve the government's relations with American Indians.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations,or CAIR.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

"He has always been engaging, very specific,very clear, very talkative,very energetic, has a lot of bold ideas, but has always said that the Cuban people were friends of the American people and wanted to see normal relations take place.

VOA: standard.2009.04.07