And certainly the numbers are of concern." But Mullen emphasized the administration has a new strategy in place in Afghanistan,and is moving forward.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Moscow resident Svetlana Andreeva,25, says promoting sports is a good strategy, but it only targets young people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

But Mullen says the year-and-a-half the president allowed for the new strategy to prove itself is adequate.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

But Gibbs declined to say if it would hasten a decision on a revised war strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

President Obama endorsed off-shore drilling as part of a comprehensive strategy, but he has halted new drilling projects until investigators determine the cause of the BP accident.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

But souvenirs have become a major business as well, and at the 2010 Winter Games, souvenirs require almost as much strategy and patience as winning a medal.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

NATO spokesman James Appathurai told reporters NATO members had shown a clear determination to support President Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistan not just through rhetoric, but by dispatching more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

At each stop, I have emphasized president Obama's message that our strategy working with you may be in a new phase, but we pledge our full and continuing commitment to Iraq and the Iraqi people.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Speaking at a news conference at NATO headquarters Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden said the situation in Afghanistan is different than that of Iraq, but not so different that such a strategy could not be tried.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

In a brief statement to reporters after the summit, Mr.Obama did not spell out a specific strategy designed to secure agreement, but European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso was upbeat that a deal could be struck.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

But the political leadership does not want that. "So a part of the strategy is building up those elements in Pakistan that understand that having a stable and peaceful relationship with Afghanistan is actually in Pakistan's national security interest,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

The military official who spoke to VOA Friday said a sense of the "manpower needs" would be a component of the strategy review, but that the goals of the Afghanistan mission and what approach will be used to achieve them is the focus of discussions for now.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25