He says that's not fair. "Whether it's gay marriage, whether it's making changes in the community or making changes on a broad scale - if I'm a citizen of the United States, it affects me as well."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

The FAO report says developing countries will need to strengthen disease control regulations, as well as improve environmental controls and minimize the dislocation of small farmers as the livestock industry continuesto grow and concentrate into large-scale enterprises.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

His comments reflected what other officials have said that ending the F-22 program is just one part of the effort to shift the focus of U.S.defenses away from what they see as the relatively remote possibility of a war with a major power and toward the types of smaller-scale conflicts of recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21