But EU economic commissioner Joaquin Almunia tried to offer a bright side to the gloomy news he delivered to reporters in Brussels.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Standing on the White House lawn, he delivered a message to the IOC.".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

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

He then sent a telegram to James Fisk saying the letter had been delivered.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

There was such a large crowd that a ship's cable, a heavy rope, was stretched across the portico to separate the crowd from Jackson as he took the oath and delivered his inaugural address.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

It is unrealistic,he says, to expect him to have delivered on most of his promises, less than a year after his inspirational address to the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Earlier this week McChrystal delivered a classified report assessing the war and many analysts expect he will soon ask for more troops and money to fight the battle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03