It is called simply the Mountain State for the ancient Appalachian mountains.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

Van Buren served as secretary of state for 2 years.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Last month, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Bisa Williams became the highest-ranking U.S.official to visit Cuba in several years.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

There were similar comments from Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J.Crowley, who joined Kerry in denying the bill would impinge on Pakistan's sovereignty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

William Burns, under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, told the Senate Armed Services panel he believes China will sign on to a council resolution.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

At a news briefing, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J.Crowley said the United States would take part in any meeting arranged by Solana.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Jack Lew,on a visit to India, spoke with a small group of Indian and American reporters in the capital.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

It was a swift and angry reaction from Israel when the Palestinians said this week they would push unilaterally for the U.N.Security Council to endorse an independent state for them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Confronting the economic downturn and preventing it from boosting hemispheric poverty rates will be urgent priorities at the Summit of the Americas, according U.S.Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs,Tom Shannon.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

At a news briefing, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake said the sides hope to conclude two related agreements during the Clinton visit, which will span four days.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

U.S.Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Patrick Moon, and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh spoke within minutes of one another at the SCO's Special Conference on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

you still have the problem of an armed group, mainly Hezbollah, that runs a separate foreign policy and that has carefully built a state within a state for the last thirty years now.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"I am therefore assigning priority to reforming and reorganizing our prison system, reviewing procedures for investigating alleged crimes by the state for special appeals and for the cases of detention without trial for citizens."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Mitchell's scheduled visit to Damascus was preceded by two trips there since March by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and White House National Security Council Middle East expert Daniel Shapiro.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09