U.S.defender Angela Ruggiero - who has played in four Olympics and lost to Canada twice - says that she and her teammates did everything they could, but Canada was too good.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

In an emotional speech on the floor of the Senate, Veteran-Democrat Robert Byrd, suggested the U.S.military mission and Afghanistan has become lost in what he called some broader scheme of nation-building.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15