He stressed the threat posed by militants in the region is too great for the United States to pull out.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

During the interview, Brennan was also asked about the threat posed by hackers seeking to infiltrate computer networks.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

In the face of the great threat posed by HIV/AIDS, we have to rise above our differences and combine our efforts to save our people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

The Bush-era program would have placed ground-based interceptors in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic to counter any long-range nuclear threat posed by Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

But he made clear it is regional in nature - designed to deal with the threat posed by militants and extremists on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

As Britain announces it will review its famously flexible libel laws, Sierra Leone's Supreme Court recently upheld the country's criminal libel act, saying the law posed no immediate danger to journalists.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

On hand to greet them was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, who posed for photos with each veteran and hailed their courage and their contribution to U.S.history.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The rebellion has become increasingly violent. Worried by the growing security threat posed by the Maoists, the government is preparing to mount a big security operation called Operation Greenhunt to take out the insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"It is absolutely imperative that America takes leadership, working with not just our Russian counterparts but countries all around the world, to reduce and ultimately eliminate the dangers that are posed by nuclear weapons,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

"Our clear and consistent focus has been the threat posed by Iran's ballistic missile program and that continues to be our focus and the basis of the program that we are announcing today."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Russians were awoken to the threat posed by the destruction of a hydroelectric plant last year, when a major accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam in Siberia threatened the lives of millions of people downstream.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21