On the Iran nuclear issue, Lavrov said while Moscow opposes harsh additional U.N.sanctions against Tehran, it does support,and is applying, "robust" political pressure to get Iran to return to negotiations with the major powers on its enrichment program.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Referring to last week's upward revision of the amount of oil leaking from the well, with substantially higher numbers than originally estimated by BP, Admiral Allen said President Obama and government officials want to make sure that BP is applying sufficient resources to deal with the spill.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14