General Grant decided that the Confederates had used the Shenandoah Valley long enough.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

However,the U.S.State Department says Holbrooke will meet with relief organizations and some of the Pakistanis who have been forced from their homes during Pakistan's month-long campaign to dislodge militants from Swat Valley.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03