"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

Writer-director Christopher Nolan launched his career with Memento and Insomnia, mysteries that delve into how reality can be in the mind of the beholder.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

He says changing the constitution to allow retired soldiers to run in June elections better reflects what he calls Mauritania's "new political and cultural reality."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

But South Korean,Japanese,and U.S. officials are skeptical about the North's plan and suspect the so-called satellite launch is in reality a way to test a long-range rocket.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

He said they are making charges with no basis in reality, and,in so doing,are endangering the reputation of the men and women trying to keep the country safe.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

It is the kind of drama one expects to see on reality TV shows, and here it is creeping into politics in a way that certainly has excited people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

But Spokesman Robert Gibbs says he will also talk about the reality of being a Nobel peace laureate who is leading a nation at war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

"So there's a big question mark,". "Who is responsible for such a heavy increase of production and export of the narcotics, because all of the areas where this cultivation is underway are controlled by NATO forces in one way or other?" Akhonzadeh said this reality cannot be ignored and called for new ideas,strategies and methods to tackle the problems of Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27