Other presidents who were not terribly popular in their first year and had lots of controversies served two full terms and went out of office in a reasonably positive way."

VOA: special.2010.01.23

"Let's hope that that is a short term, temporary situation and that BP will revert to paying their dividends out in full."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Despite those tensions, Mr.Karzai was full of praise on Saturday for the new U.S.strategy, saying it turned out better than he expected.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Already,the Netherlands has set next year as its deadline for a full withdrawal of its troops and Italy has made it known it wants out too.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28