U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the leaders are close to consensus, and there is a need for swift action.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"I think consensus is something that you have to work at and it's something that will happen by action."

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

"The international consensus about maintaining this closure of Gaza has broken down badly and it is no longer sustainable."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

This is a product of the Libyan and, I would day, Sudanese effort to railroad a so-called 'consensus'.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

"And I think this nation is on the right track in promoting democratic consensus and promoting compromise."

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"There is a growing consensus that we as a nation need to recreate our communities and environments where healthy choices are easy choices and affordable choices."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

The president faced a tough audience. There is consensus in the medical community about the need for reform to improve the affordability and accessibility of quality care.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

In advance of formal talks, Democratic leaders are stressing the need to come up with a consensus that can deliver health care security and quality while controlling short and longer-term costs.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

But we need the world to move with us and reach consensus on a broader set of global standards that can be applied more evenly and enforced more credibly around the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"Were he to return, then the expectation is that he's managed to secure a consensus of sorts,at least to get the government formed and let it get on with its daily business."

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Political analysts say if that happens, the two present candidates for the prime minister's post are likely to step down and make way for others who might be able to build a consensus.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"This year it is very important for us to in a consensus, we decide together, not to look for war and not to repeat the bad experience we had during these last 10 years,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

But despite weeks of negotiations, the three main political parties - the Maoists,the Nepali Congress, and the Communist Party known as UML have failed to reach a consensus on who should head a new government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"The president, at the consensus recommendation of his inter-agency task force on interrogations and detainees did put in place a new group, the High-Value Interrogation Group, which will be housed at the FBI " "And it will bring together all the different elements of the intelligence community to get the best intelligence possible."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24