Geithner,who appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" program, said it will take time before average Americans perceive economic improvements.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

On the sidelines of the APEC meetings, Mr.Obama will,for the first time, meet with leaders from all ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Parliament is now scheduled to meet next week for a third time to choose a new leader - but this round too is widely expected to end in a deadlock.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"He has improved information-sharing, increased intelligence support to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, upheld civil liberties, and he played a key role in our effort to update and reorient our intelligence community to meet the threats of our time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

"So far,we have had a constructive conversation and my hope is that by the time the chairman and I meet on Wednesday that we have made sufficient progress and we can start actually seeing a structure that would be in place."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14