President Obama is said to have stated that, while the past must be understood, he is not there to argue history - and that it is time to "move on" to confront today's challenges.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

"Turkish public opinion could not agree with the fact that an Israeli aircraft would be training on Turkish territory, while at the same time there are gross human rights violation being committed in Gaza,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

On Friday,the U.S.special envoy to Afghanistan,Richard Holbrooke,said he believes there will be less fraud this time around because only two candidates will be on the ballot and more international teams will be in place to monitor.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24