And the charities are thinking they will raise only one or two percent more in two thousand ten than they did this year.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

That's why creating jobs has to be our number one priority in two thousand and ten."

VOA: special.2010.01.30

And ten years later, in two thousand eight, he was one of the first top Democrats to support a young senator seeking the party's nomination for president.

VOA: special.2009.08.29