Defense Secretary Robert Gates also expressed support for ending the policy known as "Don't Ask,Don't Tell."

VOA: special.2010.02.06

The head of South Africa's Electoral Commission, Brigalia Bam, Saturday expressed satisfaction as the final results were announced from Wednesday's national and provincial elections.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

They persist because of the country's high rate of violent crime, as expressed by this Johannesburg resident who did not want to be identified.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

Republican Senators Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Scott Brown announced their support for the bill, as did conservative Democrat Ben Nelson,who earlier had expressed concerns about it.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

And with respect to the announcement that occurred when the vice president was there, we've expressed our dismay and disappointment and we have, as I said earlier engaged in consultations with our partners in the peace effort - the Israelis and the Palestinians - about the way forward."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Assistant Secretary Feltman told lawmakers Wednesday that while they might think they are hearing different messages now from the Obama administration regarding support for Iranian reformers, commitments remain the same as those President Obama expressed in the speech he delivered in Cairo last July, aimed at the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28