The White House says Mr.Obama's Nobel lecture in Oslo will build on those themes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Some Republicans say Sotomayor is a "racist," after comments she made in 2001 in a lecture at the University of California Law School were recently made public.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

"Now of course the Chinese are beginning to lecture us, about how we need to balance our budget, and preserve the value of the dollar and avoid inflation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10