He also said: "We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it."

VOA: special.2009.08.30

"Rather than a failure to collect or share intelligence," he said, "this was a failure to connect and understand the intelligence that we already had."

VOA: special.2010.01.09

He says there are some situations where people should get examined sooner rather than later.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

He would rather people describe his music as having repeating structures.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

He supports focusing on Mars rather than returning to the moon.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

He said terrorists are focusing on smaller attacks, rather than the massive kind of strike seen on September 11,2001.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

He recently told the Bangkok Foreign Correspondents Club that reform should come from the news media rather than the government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

However he made clear he prefers holding elections early, rather than in June 2010 as scheduled.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

He says circumstantial evidence indicates the launch involves a long-range missile rather than a satellite.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Rather,he said, it will be won when the Afghan people are convinced that the coalition and the Afghan government offer the best hope for their future.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

The journalist says he is not a hero, but rather a man of principle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

He said Secretary Clinton's acceptance of Israel's offer to restrain - rather than freeze settlement growth has killed any hope of restarting peace talks anytime soon.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

He accused Mr.Obama of offering "disingenuous attacks" rather than answers on job growth.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

That Obama will listen to his allies and act in cooperation with them, rather than listen to them and go ahead and do what he wants to do anyway."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29