Some critics have questioned why the president is traveling at a time when so many pressing matters are before him not just Afghanistan, but also the U.S.economy and his ongoing campaign for health-care reform.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"If an actress is getting older and you can tell by looking at her or him that they have had plastic surgery, then that takes away what people liked about that actor in the first place."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22