But Secretary Gates on the first visit to Tokyo by a senior U.S.official since the new Japanese government took office - says he will remind the new Japanese leaders that Afghanistan is a NATO and coalition effort and that Japan's refueling mission did more to help other countries than it did to help the United States directly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

After his release, the first person Mandela asked to see during his visit to the United States was Arthur Ashe.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

But her trip to Japan,Indonesia,South Korea and China makes her the first in almost fifty years to visit Asia first.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

President Obama returned to the United States this week after his first visit to Europe since taking office in January.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Dentists say children should have their first dental visit at least by the time they are one year old.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Next week,Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is to become the first foreign leader to visit the new president at the White House.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Secretary Clinton announced the trip in Jerusalem earlier this week during her first visit to the Middle East as America's top diplomat.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The first area we will visit is Arches National Park, near the town of Moab in eastern Utah.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

But first we visit some campers under the stars at the National Boy Scout Jamboree.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

But first,we visit the newly re-opened museum in Washington that honors just one former president.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

But first, we visit a website for children to explore the world of advertising.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

But the White House says he chose Ghana for his first presidential visit to Africa south of the Sahara because of what he considers its strong democratic system.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

Traders from New England were the first Americans to visit Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

But first,we visit the national air guitar championship competition in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

This is the first Sunday since the pope paid his first visit to the African continent, visiting Cameroon and Angola.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Mr.Erdogan was speaking publicly for the first time about the incident after curtailing his visit to Latin America.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The senator is the first U.S.member of Congress to visit Burma in more than a decade.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

They first learned about the other Jewish holidays from foreigners who came to visit their community.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

We were the first Americansto visit the land of China in a million years or something.

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On his way home from his first official visit to the United States, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stopped in London for two days of discussions.

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

First Lady Michelle Obama has also made a splash on the trip, whether meeting Queen Elizabeth or making an emotional visit to a girl's school in London.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

She returns to Singapore Friday to join up with President Barack Obama for the APEC summit early next week and Mr.Obama's first visit as President to China.

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Mr.Prime Minister, yours is the first official state visit of my presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Vice President Joe Biden is the first high-level U.S.official to visit Poland since President Barack Obama canceled the planned Central European missile shield proposed by former President George W.Bush.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Lavrov briefed Clinton on his visit to North Korea late last month, which was the first by a major-power diplomat since Pyongyang announced it was quitting Chinese-brokered negotiations on its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

A U.S.announcement Tuesday that special envoy Stephen Bosworth will visit Pyongyang before the end of the year nearly coincided with reports of the naval skirmish, the first of its kind in several years.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Clinton said Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh, with whom she met earlier Monday, had accepted an invitation from President Obama to visit the White House November 24 for the first official state visit for the Obama administration.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20