"And the people who are normally the president's strongest opponents, conservatives and Republicans, are the biggest supporters of the U.S.military effort in Afghanistan."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

And despite the global financial crisis, the United States remains China's most reliable customer, and Beijing, the world's biggest buyer of U.S.government debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

The Fed chief spoke amid word of higher U.S.consumer spending, which rose 1.3 percent in August the biggest jump in nearly eight years.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The Gadhafi affair follows concessions by Switzerland's biggest bank,UBS, to turn over data on 4,500 wealthy American clients suspected of tax evasion to U.S.authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

But the judges ruled that the extradition was lawful and proportionate to his crime, which U.S.prosecutors have called "the biggest military computer hack of all time."

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

Joan Johnson-Freese of the U.S.Naval War College in Rhode Island says that even without a manned Moon mission, the U.S.still will be the biggest player in space.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

After receiving more than $180 billion in emergency federal assistance to stave off collapse, AIG recently gave top employees bonuses totaling $165 million - even as the company reported the biggest quarterly loss in U.S.corporate history.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24