After the end of the Bank of the United States, there was little control of any kind over the state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

An American State Department spokesman said IHH representatives have met with top Hamas officials over the past three years.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

The exhibit sponsored by the State Department will travel around the world over the next three years.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The State Department says it is working to reduce visa delays that have affected foreign science students and researchers over the past year.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

And he ordered the state flag raised over all other federal property in the city.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

If you get a chance to see a red sunset over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, you will know why that southwestern state is called The Land of Enchantment.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

"That's why today, I am please to announce that over the next year, the State Department will be creating Virtual Student Foreign Service Internships to harness the energy of a rising generation of citizen diplomats."

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Delegates have just over a week to prove him right before more than 100 heads of state and government come here.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Jeff Levi is one of the authors: "In 1991,there wasn't a single state that had an adult obesity rate over 20 percent."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

"The Islamic schools in North America, there are over 100 of them teaching the curriculum of the state."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Both Syria and Lebanon host and hold influence over armed Islamist groups that threaten the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Initial results show Mr.Maliki's State of Law bloc with a slim overall lead over former prime minister Iyad Allawi and his secular Iraqiya faction.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

During a media conference in Tehran over the weekend, the head of Iranian state TV Ezzetollah Darghami said Iran must "work to combat Western propaganda."

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Rand Paul,a grassroots conservative activist candidate, running under the "Tea Party" banner, scored a blowout win over the hand-picked Republican establishment candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Diplomats say heads of state are sharply divided over the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

At a press event with Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin, Clinton said the U.S.administration is in very active consultations with Israel over steps by the Jewish state that in her words "would demonstrate the requisite commitment" to the peace process.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Senator Specter, who's been in the Senate for 29 years, would face a difficult reelection contest next year as a Republican in Pennsylvania, a state that backed Barack Obama over Republican John McCain in last year's presidential race.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Stratfor was one of several organizations earlier this year warning that Mexico could become a failed state if it does not win the war against the criminal elements that hold sway over some areas of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

With the North Atlantic Treaty Organization facing divisions over the war in Afghanistan and advanced economies struggling for a united approach on climate change, the Secretary of State urged alliance states to again summon the resolve and idealism that won the Cold War.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09