They filled the long grassy area from the steps of the United States Capitol building to the Lincoln Memorial.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Edward Kennedy never won the presidency, but became a long- serving and important member of the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

But such fast trains would take a long time to put in place in the United States.

VOA: special.2011.02.11

He will not be disturbed by United States authorities as long as he honors this agreement and obeys the laws where he lives.'

VOA: special.2009.12.24

The last time the United States Education Department asked young people how long they took to finish college was in two thousand one.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

For example,in the United States the tradition of making quilts has a long and rich history.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Before long, he controlled ninety-five percent of the oil processing industry in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

The United Nations says some African farmers grow bambara groundnuts during long dry periods.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

The process for employing foreign workers in the United States is long.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Yet,they proved that long-distance travel across the United States was possible.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

Briton Gary McKinnon lost his long legal battle Friday, and could face extradition to the United States as early as September.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

Economists have long assumed that job creation would lag behind overall improvement of economic conditions in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

"This alliance will stand united and we will stay in Afghanistan as long as it takes to finish our job,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The retired Air Force officer says the United States and its allies need to make that kind of decades-long commitment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Short-range test launches are not formally prohibited under United Nations sanctions against the North, which forbid medium and long-range ballistic activities.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

The long-range rocket Pyongyang intends to launch is theoretically capable of delivering a warhead as far as the western United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The lone country in the Americas excluded from the summit,Cuba, and its long-frozen relations with the United States came to overshadow the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

She added the United States intends to continue its economic assistance and training of Afghan security forces for a long time to come.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Secretary Gates said the United States will continue to have a long-term commitment to helping Afghanistan even after the security transition is completed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

North Korea is warning the United States not to send surveillance planes too close to the site of a planned long-range rocket launch.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Morrell quoted Gates as telling President Barzani the United States has a long-term commitment to Kurdish "security, prosperity and autonomy within a united Iraq."

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's 50-minute address included a long list of grievances against the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

"Speaking for the United States, our civilian commitment will continue long after our combat forces leave.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Pyongyang pulled out of the talks earlier this year. It also tested both a long-range missile and a nuclear explosive, in violation of United Nations sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

In that time he has signaled his intention to seek trade deals with other Asian nations, and review Japan's long-term military basing agreements with the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

North Korea pulled out of the talks earlier this year. It also tested both a long-range missile and nuclear explosive earlier in the year, in violation of United Nations sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The exchange of prisoners between the United States and Russia is expected to bring an end to a weeks-long espionage scandal that fascinated the media, but was downplayed by both governments.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

The last phase of the new missile defense plan, to be ready by 2020, would be to develop interceptors with the capability of blocking long-range Iranian missiles aimed at the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17