"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

He says Americans who call for unilateral concessions to Cuba are lobbying on behalf of a dictatorship.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

And that voice of impartial advocacy has to be on behalf of those who are most vulnerable and who do not have a voice."

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

"The best action we can take on behalf of America's family budget and on behalf of the federal budget is to pass health care reform."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

"He was a guy who tried to get people to work on their own behalf, to get things done and to try to have everybody contribute,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

"Unfortunately,the plan being promoted by the White House would give Washington the power to make highly personal medical decisions on behalf of patients,on behalf of you,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

The G77-China bloc,which negotiates on behalf of 130 countries including some of the poorest nations want the Kyoto agreement to continue beyond 2012 with new emissions targets.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

After the vote,British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant read a statement on behalf of the group's foreign ministers, which said the door to continued negotiation would remain open.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

She is one of several Goodwill Ambassadors who have lent their fame to this video to speak out on behalf of the millions of children who continue to be cruelly taken advantage of.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"It is time for Democrats to put away the political playbook and simply say publicly what they are suggesting privately: that this bill still needs some work, that both parties should come together to do that work on behalf of the American people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.24

"We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever and we would renew our request on behalf of these three young people and their families that the Iranian government exercise compassion and release them, so they can return home,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.09