It's the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of straw and one made of sticks.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

But Monday's announcement at the White House made no mention of overtures to officials in Havana.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

During World War Two, the Red Cross made bandages in the house and also used the space to treat soldiers wounded overseas.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

He then made his way to the White House as part of a traditional inaugural parade.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

The United States Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

The family of ten lived in a big house and made good earnings.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

They made fun of the pay telephone that he added to his house.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

The only house left standing was the one made of bricks.

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The house is made out of glass, wood and stone.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

A woman had made this house into a home.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Willy,I made the last payment on the house today.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

White House officials have also made clear they will not revisit plans to close the U.S.detention center in Guantanamo Bay,Cuba.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Mr.Obama spoke at the White House Wednesday, shortly after aides made public his decision to fight the release in court.

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a final pitch for the bill, saying the president's economic agenda is at stake.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

President Obama made the announcement at the White House after first informing the leaders of Poland and the Czech Republic.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

After President Barack Obama announced the agreement at the White House Friday morning, U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates made this simple declaration.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

But in his brief comments at the White House, he made no mention of any punitive action.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Gareth Price from the London-based research group Chatham House says it is so far unclear if Cowper-Coles made the decision to leave himself.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi,said progress is being made on the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

But at an event at the White House with past and present American Olympians, the president made clear his support for Chicago's bid is strong.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

government's blacklist of drug syndicates. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made the official announcement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

In his speech Friday, President Obama referred again to criticisms Republicans have made of the health-care reform legislation, separate versions of which were approved last year by the House and Senate.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

House Democrats have made some progress in recent days in bridging differences between liberal lawmakers focused on covering the uninsured and more conservative party members concerned about the cost of the reform effort.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

So I think that those two things kind of together, her own perspectives on the world, her lack of relationships on the other side have made for a divisive kind of leadership, that has come out of the House.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

The White House is now reviewing strategic recommendations made by the top U.S.military officer in Afghanistan, Details are confidential but they are believed to include the possibility of adding more troops to the already 60 thousand Americans in uniform deployed there in the eight-year old war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

U.S.unemployment jumped a half percent in May, to 9.4 percent prompting this comment by Austan Goolsbee, a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors: "The economy clearly has gotten substantially worse from the initial predictions that were being made, not just by the White House, but by all of the private sector,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.07