"They do not represent official positions or policy, and they do not,in my view, fundamentally call into question the efficacy of our current strategy in Afghanistan and its prospects for success."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Without the stimulus, Viard admits unemployment would be higher than the current 9.7 percent, but he says the massive cash infusion into infrastructure projects has created fewer than a million jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Conference organizer, Dr.Greg Pappas of the American non-governmental organization,or NGO, called Interaction says that while it is too early to tell whether the current outbreak will turn into a global pandemic, poorer countries in particular need to be prepared for the day when one does hit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28