Counterinsurgency involves military action but also depends on civilian relationships to succeed.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

Discussions on the plan are continuing. Ambassador Hill said Iran and Iraq share cultural, religious and commercial relationships.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"Those who scored higher on those measures of social relationships were 50 percent more likely to be alive at that follow-up than people who scored low on those measures."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

So I think that those two things kind of together, her own perspectives on the world, her lack of relationships on the other side have made for a divisive kind of leadership, that has come out of the House.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11