"There is a degree of unanimity that there must be swift and effective action taken against the Taliban in Pakistan,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.10

I think when I finish with my bachelor's degree probably two years or so from now, I may be able to find work pretty easily compared to most other industries.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

But Ritz, who has both undergone and conducted SERE training, says there is a great degree of difference between training and actual interrogations, where harsh techniques may be combined and carried out for longer periods.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assertion in a Friday news conference in New York that the new facility was not in violation of International Atomic Energy Agency guidelines and would be for energy purposes seemed to only increase the degree of anger on Capitol Hill.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"Definitely being in a different country and learning about American culture, American education system and everything else geting a degree here will definitely be valid back in my country so I am very lucky to be here and my goal right after graduation I want to look for some sponsorship opportunities and also being able to stay in the United States to do some kind of work with some Tennis academy and travel a litle bit and play in some Tennis tournaments."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

"In Europe and also here increasingly in the U.S., they are talking as if we had basically lost it and the main question was talking to the Taliban and settling to some degree on their terms, whereas we still have not tried - and I think it would be worth trying for a year, at least,or two - to address the causes as to why the Taliban has become relatively popular, or at least relatively accepted,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.11