withdrawal from Afghanistan would likely lead to the Taliban regaining power, and questioned what an expanded U.S.military presence would accomplish.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Among the new measures are an expanded arms embargo and a ban on certain ballistic missile activities.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Republicans assert that an expanded government rolewould threaten the current private system, separate from the federally administered Medicare system for the elderly, and add to the government budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

advocates an expanded search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Lawmakers in the United States have expanded an investigation into the use of location-tracking systems on mobile devices.

VOA: special.2011.05.02

And what was once an online destination only for college students has expanded, says Michael Nelson.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Clinton's keynote speech at a dinner organized by the Atlantic Council was more an appeal for unity among the expanded NATO alliance than a commemoration of the transformative events in Berlin two decades ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09