He says efforts to make progress in that area, include adding a member of the U.S.Treasury Department to his staff to focus exclusively on the source of Taliban funding.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

"The president will lay out the framework on many of those decisions and some of the work that has to be done between now and then to make progress in closing Guantanamo Bay."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

What we've done is refocused. We are refocused on 'why are we there?' And we've rearticulated our core objectives and our core interests in a more defined strategy for how do we actually turn the tide and begin to make progress.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"I think the prospects are good." "There are a lot of players that have come in - and there's a lot of support from organizations such as the WHO I think that creates a good environment where people can work and make progress in getting together a new vaccine."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12