The topic came up during a recent meeting in Washington between U.S.President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

U.S.Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke spoke of a new thinking on the issue during a recent visit to Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

President Obama noted the intense emotions on display during a recent town meeting on health care in Montana.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

During a recent session with reporters, Mr.Obama said he will be candid with the Saudi monarch.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

The president appealed to lawmakers from both parties to work together on health care during his recent address to a joint session of Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Anthony Cordesman,senior analyst at the Center for Strategic and International studies, says the comparisons were brought home to him during a recent trip to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

So the United States does not even know if the system works,". The missile defense system was discussed during the recent Obama-Medvedev summit in Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

During a recent trip to Ukraine, U.S.Vice-President Joe Biden reaffirmed Ukraine's right to join NATO.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Suminah showed the process to visitors during a recent tour led by the International Organization for Migration, which provides job training to 18 villages in Central Java.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

He says that during the recent crisis, PIA provided all it could for passengers en route to their destinations, including providing accommodations for passengers stranded in Paris.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Naidoo added that police and defense forces also successfully carried out two security simulation exercises during the recent national elections and international cricket tournament in South Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

But the recent U.S.comments confirm what Pakistani officials said weeks ago, that they believe Mehsud died during Taliban infighting following the death of former group leader Baitullah Mehsud.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

During a recent meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Kerry,during a recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, is credited with playing a key role in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a run-off election, following wide-spread corruption that tainted the initial contest in August.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Blatter's doubts about Nigeria's hosting capacities have been made explicit in recent months, based over a year of debate and threats of moving the tournament, during which the country did just enough to avoid the embarrassment of being replaced as host.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

U.N.humanitarian chief John Holmes told the Security Council Thursday that during his recent visit to Khartoum, government officials made clear to him both in private and in public that new aid groups and those with new names and logos are welcome in the country.

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