On a separate issue, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week criticized international efforts by Islamic countries to ban anti-religious speech.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Just this week, an investigation found that the State Department overpaid the company by tens of millions of dollars.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

"They say this is a state-led effort," he says, but he thinks the goal is national control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

"This is ground zero for the nation." Democrats in the state Senate fled to the neighboring Midwestern state of Illinois.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

This week on our program, we tell you about a popular area for outdoor activities in the state of West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

In another part of this state, artists make green painted containers in the shape of the pineapple fruit.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this week that this was,in her words, "not an appropriate time to consider" the loan.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

For several years,the president of Central Connecticut State University, John Miller, has been helping to answer this question.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

He says this means establishing the rule of law, rejecting the idea of a police state and supporting the separation of power.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

This student from the state of Texas was the first place winner of last week's National Geographic Bee.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

For example, at the University of Kentucky, out-of-state graduate tuition averaged about eighteen thousand dollars this year.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

This Russian art was used as a propaganda tool to represent the goals of the socialist state.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Celebrating its one hundredth anniversary this year is Zion National Park, in the western state of Utah.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

In another area of this state, pottery for cooking is made with a shiny green coating.

VOA: special.2009.09.09