He and his Thiel Foundation just announced the first group of what they call "We selected people on the basis of a combination of having demonstrated intense passion about science and technology and then having the drive to try to carry it forward in the years ahead."

VOA: special.2011.05.30

"We are seeing a lot of actions to try to help solve the conflict in the Middle East on the basis of two-state solution."

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Obviously I would hope that the government of Iran would free them on humanitarian and compassionate basis as soon as possible and return them home to their families,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Latinos in particular fear that they will be racially targeted by police on the basis of their appearance, and said it will make undocumented immigrants reluctant to report crimes or cooperate in police investigations.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The war was sold to his cabinet, to parliament and to the British people on the basis that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous man holding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that could be unleashed within 45 minutes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

"I'd have to say that equally on both sides of the coin, my successes with regards to my science are the discovery of the genetic basis of a number of different human skin diseases, using very unconventional approaches, which are now approaches in medical textbooks, but at the time, they were very unconventional."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29