President Obama acknowledged that progress has been made toward re-starting negotiations, but he said much more is needed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

"As much as I like Barack Obama, I just do not know that he has done enough to warrant such an honor."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

He said the E.U.has nothing to fear and much to gain by adding Turkey to its ranks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

And in Chicago. 'As much as I like Barack Obama, I just don't know that he has done enough to warrant such an honor,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

He says that since the Washington summit in mid-November,much work has been done.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

The president has admitted as much. He says sometimes the Nobel Prize is awarded not to honor specific achievement, but to give momentum to a set of causes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

He has had a bad summer. His numbers are down, health care is in peril and he has not been able to work his will on his own party, much less the opposition Republicans."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

But I think he should have seen it coming,". In congressional testimony, Bernanke has placed much of the blame for the 2008 financial meltdown on lax governmental regulation of banks and other entities as authorized by Congress, rather than the monetary policy he oversaw.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

And it may not be easy, but change is coming." After criticism from Republicans and some Democrats that he was concentrating too much on health care reform and not enough on the economy, Mr.Obama has devoted many of his recent public statements to economic issues.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06