Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the problems they describe are not new.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

that rather than helping build a stable Afghanistan capable of governing itself, what they describe as an escalation of the U.S.presence may actually harm U.S.security.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

They describe their grueling hours in poor, makeshift facilities.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The students were also asked to choose five words they might use to describe another object: a table.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Some expressions describe people who are important, or who at least think they are.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

If you buy them popcorn, they'll describe things for you."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

As officials describe it, they lost him for a time.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

"That's simply not good enough." "They need to start using words that describe these things and what they've done about it."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"Astronauts who are accustomed to views that you and I cannot really describe were moved to tears when they looked out the windows of the cupola for the first time tonight."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

"We hope to receive entries that describe how specific innovations have improved the lives of women and girls,and proposals for how they can be scaled up and applied more broadly."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28