"You get a feeling that events are pulling him along rather than him the situation now.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

To help accomplish that, General McChrystal noted that the training unit for Afghan forces is now a NATO command, rather than being just an American responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

"What's new is that we can actually do something to help the victims, and rather than what happened before was they may end up being prosecuted and criminalized themselves, that now it's recognized that they're victims."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Not this time.Not now." At the same time, the president said that rather than a radical shift that would disrupt health care Americans now have, he favors building on what works and fixing what doesn't.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"I think in the long run what this does is to contribute to what seems to be occurring right now and that is the retrenchment of the Republican Party, opting for purity of ideological beliefs rather than a broad-based appeal to the general public."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04