"Because the NBA has a free agency system that has a maximum salary, the players in this case were able to exercise their leverage in an unanticipated way by bringing the three of them together.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

It certainly has stabilized the financial system at this point.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

And if we want this, then we have to make sure that Afghanistan has its own security infrastructure, that that system is there and we want to help build it,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.09