These were developed in a year-long process led by state governors and chief state school officers.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

But similar funding was not sent to state prosecutors or public defenders to process court cases.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

More information about the submission and selection process can be found on the State Department's Web site, www.state.gov on its Office of Global Women's Issues page.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

A senior State Department official said the United States is in contact with other participants in the six-party process on how to get North Korea back to the negotiating table.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

The Palestinian divisions pose a major obstacle to the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, which is the stated goal of the peace process sponsored by the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

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

Mr.Obama is said to have declared that the United States and Cuba are "on a path of change", while reminding his fellow heads of state that the democratic process that brought them into office does not exist in Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18