Mr.Brown said helping the effort to tackle terrorism in Pakistan and improving health and education there were important priorities for his government.

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia assailed Democratic priorities in dealing with the recession, and President Obama's budget proposals."

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

And,he says,law enforcement's efforts are often hindered by a lack of resources - and other priorities.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

"In the past,we've supported a computer learning center, and some micro-enterprise funds, and so they can invest in what they deem to be the priorities in their community."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), signed in 1991,expired in December, and President Obama set the goal of achieving a new treaty as one of his major priorities.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

He says the U.S.military is making every effort to meet the priorities set by the Haitian government and the United Nations to determine which flights are allowed to land.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"There was,after 2001, a change of approach, a form of mission creep, whereby we took on far more priorities than simply security and removing al-Qaeda and the Taliban as their host,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Confronting the economic downturn and preventing it from boosting hemispheric poverty rates will be urgent priorities at the Summit of the Americas, according U.S.Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs,Tom Shannon.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"We were committed from the beginning to reset the U.S.- Russia relationship because we saw it as essential to making progress on our top priorities, from counter-terrorism, to nuclear security and nonproliferation."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

The secretary discussed the new set of U.S.and Iraqi priorities with both Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Defense Minister Abdal Qader al Obeidi, saying there were "important milestones to achieve" before the final US pullout in 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

As the furor continues over the hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses the American International Group gave to its employees, President Obama and administration officials face pressure from Republicans, and some Democrats, about his budget priorities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Jarrett indicates that will be a focus of the State of the Union Address, "he will be able to set forward his priorities and they will be focusing on the middle class our middle class is struggling out there, they are frustrated, they are angry."

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

and led to massive taxpayer funded bailouts. President Obama, who has made Wall Street reform one of his top priorities, says the reform package passed by the Senate late Thursday means financial firms will now be held accountable for their actions.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"What is incredibly positive about the way the demonstration has come together is it is different groups of workers,students, different people that are affected by the crisis that is kind of gripping the system, actually coming together to say that collectively we can fight back and argue to put out priorities first,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

With medical teams and mobile facilities from several countries already in place in Haiti, the deputy commander of the U.S.military effort there, Army Major General Daniel Allyn, says American priorities have shifted to delivering vehicles to distribute aid, machinery to produce clean water and equipment to clear rubble and begin reconstruction.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19