Those objectives are for North Korea to stop developing nuclear weapons and to look for peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

Pakistanis believe the U.S. has been using Pakistan's army to achieve its own objectives like, for example,in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Ghanem says that as the demand for livestock products continues to grow, governments need to consider these competing objectives and find the right balance.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

What we've done is refocused. We are refocused on 'why are we there?' And we've rearticulated our core objectives and our core interests in a more defined strategy for how do we actually turn the tide and begin to make progress.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"As for when this comprehensive debate about clear objectives in Afghanistan will take place, the lawmakers who made the appeal to the president point to the 2010 defense appropriations bill Congress will consider, and a new $75 billion war supplemental measure the White House will send to Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17