General McChrystal is expected to ask for tens of thousands more troops in an effort to bring stability to Afghan population centers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

King Abdullah is also expected to ask the United States to do more to resolve the Palestinian situation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Earlier this week McChrystal delivered a classified report assessing the war and many analysts expect he will soon ask for more troops and money to fight the battle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

The general described the effort as "hard work." Several civilian experts General McChrystal invited to help with an assessment of the situation have said they recommended he ask for more U.S.troops.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

The Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, notes that a 2005 report from the U.S.Institute of Medicine found that marketing to children makes them more likely to ask for and eat unhealthful foods.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"The financial cost is a totally separate matter, and I think that as we're starting to feel the economic pinches here at home as the president has to go and ask for more money for Afghanistan, we'll probably see some similar sorts of pushbacks to what we had in Vietnam."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09