U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates has rejected calls for a withdrawal deadline for American troops, saying that would be a "strategic mistake".

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"We are not always going to be right. And I do not want everybody disappointed if we make a mistake here or there.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

While critical of mismanagement and other problems uncovered at TV Marti, California Republican Dana Rohrabacher says scrapping the station would be a mistake.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

Jamaica's ambassador to the OAS, Anthony Johnson, says countries may be tempted to erect trade barriers during tough economic times, but this is a mistake.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"It had a tremendous impact on children and adults with chronic medical conditions so it would be a mistake to characterize the pandemic as being mild."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"It would really be a mistake, and I am sure the United States would not go in this direction, to give Hamas that authority on its own."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"But make no mistake," "This cannot be solely America's endeavor.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

But others say more regulation would be a mistake. The livestock industry and the nation's leading veterinarians' group says the antibiotics are helping to prevent animal disease, which ultimately makes the food supply safer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

North Korea's official Rodung Sinmun newspaper described the country as a "proud nuclear power" Monday, and warned it would be a "great mistake for the United States to think it will not be hurt" in the event of military conflict on the peninsula.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22