It makes defeating al-Qaida and other terrorist groups the top priority, and calls for more regional cooperation, among other things.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

"And,we ended up being involved in state-building and counter-narcotics and human rights and nation development, which actually took the focus away from the main priority."

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Health-care reform has been President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, and the president is making an energetic final push for support, including a recent visit to Ohio.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

But he says speed is not necessarily the number-one priority.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

So,while the campaign is global, the Red Cross says a priority is to reach people in the most remote corners of the world within the next few weeks with its life-saving messages.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04