However,news reports quoting U.S.officials said it consisted of small arms as well as training which would be conducted outside the country.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Besides the Fed's primary responsibility for setting U.S.monetary policy, it currently oversees about 6,000 large and small banks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Meanwhile,the president says small businesses have created 65 percent of all new jobs in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The Senate measure relies on the new exchanges with emphasis on U.S.states retaining flexibility, to expand coverage to self-employed Americans, to small businesses and others currently without insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

In the U.S., some toys,like small rubber balls, must carry warning labels.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The president says small businesses are the heart of the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Wooden who grew up in small towns in Indiana became a member of the U.S.Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and as a coach, the first person to earn both distinctions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

And although U.S.officials say small adjustments may be possible in the specific plan for an air base in northern Okinawa, Secretary Gates said he doubts the U.S.Congress would agree to significant changes in the agreement, particularly if they would cost the United States more money.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20