"So that was a very big step I think unfortunately that the U.S.didn't see it as such a big step.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

"It's not going to be the old policy as usual, first of all because old policies didn't work,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

That's the last thing you want to do as a organizing committee is to cancel tickets and we didn't take the decision lightly."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

So it's much more targeted and it doesn't address HIV as if it's a generalized epidemic.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"My feeling on climate change is, I don't know that what we do as Americans or as people is what's causing most of what's happening.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

They are just young and not fully mature as people." "That's why things go wrong, but the technology unto itself isn't necessarily a bad thing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Haskins cites the nation's rising jobless rate as proof that government can't fix everything.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

"This is the same thing as in the Angel's Wing next to Cambodia sanctuary for the enemy, can't go across that line, can't get into that area where the enemy is.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"He was telling us, not only our family, but more and more the public, 'Don't use the ocean as a garbage can, as a universal sewer because it's a life support system.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"It's time to do what's right for America's working families and put aside partisanship, stop saying things that aren't true, come together as a nation, pass health insurance reform now this year."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

But no matter where the conflict is or what it's about, if you're serious about peace, you can't take as final the first 'no,' the second 'no' or even the hundredth 'no.'" In her statement, Secretary Clinton promised an "unwavering" U.S.commitment to a two-state solution, based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps, that will create an independent and viable Palestinian state and an Israel with secure and recognized borders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

I think it's the political implications of this missile test that are noteworthy-and that is that Iran views the talks as dead-it doesn't view the talks positively, and now it's bracing for sanctions and quite possibly for war, and this missile test is a sign that Iran takes the military option very seriously and is ready to reciprocate if it's attacked."

VOA: standard.2009.12.18