"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

But he says the United States can't solve the world's problems alone and it is time for all U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

And when this happens, the U.S.will be importing food, only there won't be any place from where to import it."

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Brazil,however, is a major farm exporter and doesn't buy that many agricultural products from the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The New York T'mesreports U.S.officials say they have killed nine of al-Qaida's 20 top leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

He says the U.S.shouldn't side with Israel or fight wars in Muslim countries.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

The issue of Kirkuk,of course, is a very explosive one, but I don't think it's going to explode,now because the Kurds are very dependent on the U.S.and Turkey.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

They won. That's a first.But the U.S. didn't end the subsidies.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Orden says U.S.officials didn't want that to happen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The Canadians took the gold away from us in Salt Lake City in 2002 and I don't think there is any better time for the U.S.to win than in February 2010 in Vancouver,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell questioned the U.S.Treasury Department's latest aid to AIG, "Wouldn't the treasury,and the taxpayer, have had more leverage over AIG's executive contracts before providing another $30 billion in tax money for them,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Foreign Minister Zebari insisted that he doesn't think that the recent surge of violence will disrupt the timetable for U.S.troops to withdraw from major Iraqi cities in June, or for assuming security responsibilities across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"What is currently being discussed is that you would have a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, which doesn't currently include the United States, and then you would have a separate agreement which would bind the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06