Next week,we will tell you about more state nicknames, including one that is about people's feet!

VOA: special.2009.08.09

The next year, American Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called for the two countries to "explore further ways to build mutual confidence and avoid misunderstandings."

VOA: special.2010.09.25

Barack Obama nominated her to become the next secretary of state.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

The state of Missouri lay next to Nebraska.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Next,he was elected governor of New York state.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

"That's why today, I am please to announce that over the next year, the State Department will be creating Virtual Student Foreign Service Internships to harness the energy of a rising generation of citizen diplomats."

VOA: special.2009.06.05

The heads of state are expected to hold another summit next month to discuss candidates for the new EU presidency job.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The talks were also meant to help both countries prepare for the upcoming state visit by Mr.Singh to the White House next month.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Both Secretary of State Clinton and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki are expected to attend the Kabul conference early next week aimed at bolstering the Afghan government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Feltman said State Department officials would be coming to Capitol Hill next week to meet with congressional committee staff and discuss more specifically programs that are being supported.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

This Israeli government is doing nothing. Look on the ground: we have recognized the State of Israel's right to live in peace and security, next to the state of Palestine.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"I think the larger issue is the psychological torment; animals isolated, kept away from others who can give them companionship, fearing what's going to happen next, and animals living in this constant state of confinement."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

Senator Specter, who's been in the Senate for 29 years, would face a difficult reelection contest next year as a Republican in Pennsylvania, a state that backed Barack Obama over Republican John McCain in last year's presidential race.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

He says the current U.S.strategy of pushing for a two-state solution is not winning support from Israelis who want to see a partition but are worried about Israel's security with Palestinians running their own state next door.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31