caution: if there is a sense of a lack of a U.S.commitment, NATO and Pakistan will hedge and pull back.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Activists like Sharon Ekambaram, a spokesperson for Doctors Without Borders, say if the U.S.cuts funding, other countries will do the same.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

Brussels had indicated that it would lift the embargo if Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of a U.N.-sponsored unification plan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there will be consequences for Pakistan if Pakistani-based terrorists launch a successful attack on U.S.soil.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

He says the company traveled to the U.S.to find out if American consumers will dig deep into their pockets for 3D sets.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press program, the head of the president's Council of Economic Advisors, Christina Romer,was asked if the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

He said he supports the U.S.-led invasion if it can lead to a better life in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

That information should have been passed on to U.S.databases, but it is unclear if that actually happened.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

VOA asked the diplomat if his country has an interest in the success of the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The U.S.Commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has said the U.S.will likely lose the war if the administration does not send more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Asked if Kuwait is ready to take such steps, Deputy Prime Minister al-Sabah stressed Kuwaiti support for U.S.-led peace efforts but would not be specific.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

There is,of course,U.S. -British collaboration on covert activity in Iran, even if it is limited.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

He says he even made a deal with U.S.diplomat Richard Holbrooke after the war which granted him immunity from prosecution if he left public life.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

In one case,a U.S.interrogator reportedly threatened to kill the children of detained al Qaida mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed if new terrorist attacks were launched on the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

The U.S.is expected to have by the end of this year, but that may increase if General Stanley McChrystal asks for additional troops, and President Obama approves it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

In an announcement on state-run radio, North Korea warned what it calls, "the U.S.imperialist racketeers", that its forces will "shoot them down" if they engage in aerial espionage.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

"And we intend to raise this violation of the Security Council resolution, if it goes forward,in the U.N., and coincidentally Mexico will be chairing the Security Council starting in April."

VOA: standard.2009.03.25