And I made it clear that by August thirty-first, two thousand ten, America's combat mission in Iraq would end.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

She believed that training women to serve as support pilots at home could free up men to fly combat operations overseas.

VOA: special.2010.11.08

They withdrew under a security agreement that calls for American combat forces to leave Iraq by the end of two thousand eleven.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

U.S.Navy Lt.Commander Christine Sidenstricker tells VOA News that a U.S.quick response force was called in,engaged in combat and then radioed for additional help.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

"And I made it clear that by August 31,2010 America's combat mission in Iraq would end.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The Huang twins say that,for them, finding non-combat roles is also a cultural and religious choice.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"It has become a diagnostic tool that informs and guides our efforts as we seek to build a global partnership to combat modern slavery,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

That would be on top of the additional 17,000 American combat and support troops the president wants to send to Afghanistan over the coming months.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The Iraqi defense minister stressed Iraq's top priority is to "combat terrorism" and that it needs a new partnership with the United States to do that.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

To combat that, the Funzi Island Turtle Club regularly cleans beaches and replants mangroves.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

Iran's top police chief, Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam says that his organization is setting up a "cyber police division" to combat what he terms "Internet crime."

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

"The bill subjects our security assistance to a certification that the Pakistani government is using the money for its intended purpose, namely to combat the Taliban and al-Qaida,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Independent Russian military analyst Viktor Litovkin says Russia lacks combat support systems rather than firing units, and notes that such systems consist of drones, precision weapons,reconnaissance,navigation, communication,and guidance systems,etc.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

So that's the main reason why we have the Heron there." Israel is one of the pioneers of combat drones, having used the remote-controlled aircraft in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Clinton said the United States and its European partners should look at the example of the generations that brought them through the 20th century to combat violent extremism, nuclear proliferation and climate change.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

This agreement advances the political progress that can bring lasting peace and unity to Iraq and allow for the orderly and responsible transition of American combat troops out of Iraq by next September,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Foreign Secretary Romulo for his part said the military accord with Washington proved crucial in helping his government cope with typhoon damage, while stressing that U.S.troops are not involved in actual combat with the southern militants.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

And as the story acknowledges, that's where we'll be," He explains, as Pentagon officials have in the past, that the deployment of major combat or training units always requires the deployment of additional support troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

In comments introducing the annual report, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States will always stand against religious-based discrimination and persecution, but that it strongly disagrees with those who would combat such problems by curbing free speech.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

In his final appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee, General Craddock said NATO member nations have fallen short on providing the number of combat forces and trainers that Afghanistan needs, and even on providing promised funding to help build the country's own security forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"And if we refuse to deal with these issues today, then I guarantee you that they will be an albatross around our efforts [a big obstacle to combat terrorism in the future. The president spoke in the National Archives, which houses the nation's founding documents.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

"Calderon's public approval is now at 69 percent the highest of his administration because the people perceive that he is a decent man that handled the swine flu outbreak judiciously and that he is doing his level best to combat the narco-traffickers,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09