In light of the Pakistani Taliban's alleged involvement, some speculate there could be a shift in US policy toward Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

"There was too much spending on it, in my view," conservative policy analyst Ron Haskins at the Brookings Institution said.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

She said that under no condition can it be claimed there was an organized policy that led to them.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Viewer polls taken after this second debate, which focused on foreign policy, showed there was no runaway victor.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy,James Miller, says there will be major developments during the next few years.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Joan Johnson-Freese of the Naval War College says there are national security reasons to rethink that policy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

There were no new pronouncements of policy. Instead,there were words meant to inspire.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

But some foreign policy analysts say there is little to fear.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Gates says he realizes there is a limited time to show the new policy is effective and he denied that U.S.and NATO forces are in danger of losing the conflict.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

"There is a perception that President Obama brings with him a sensibility and sensitivity to the region and I think that will stand him in very good stead because there is already a very strong expectation that President Obama will set a new direction for US policy towards its partners, towards APEC, and in particular towards Asia."

VOA: standard.2009.11.08