He said slavery had not tied the states of the Union together, but had always been an issue that divided them.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

He sent the United States Navy on its first foreign expedition to punish the states of Morocco, Tripoli,Tunis and Algiers.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

It gave the United States nearly all of what is today the states of California, Nevada,Utah,Arizona,Colorado and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

They will serve on two guided-missile and two ballistic-missile subs based in the states of Washington and Georgia.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Others say Paul Bunyan and Babe cleared the trees from the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

The Colorado River flows through, or provides water for, the states of Wyoming, Colorado,Utah,New Mexico,Arizona, Nevada and California.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The states of the South were very close to leaving the Union over the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

He said the dam should be built in an area called Boulder Canyon on the border between the states of Arizona and Nevada.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The bamboo is a natural product harvested in the states of Georgia and South Carolina.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Major donors to the festival include the Helen Ruth Henderson Foundation, the states of Kuwait and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington D.C.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

This would split the states of the Confederacy and might end its very existence.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Union Armies were on the move in the states of Mississippi and Tennessee.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Also,the states of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland meet in the area.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

He traveled through the states of the northwest, making many speeches.

VOA: special.2009.08.13