She says health facilities are a fundamental part of community life and it is important they are designed to be useful in case of emergency.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"Voting is particularly important because when we exclude people from voting - we're excluding them from the fundamental act of what it means to be a citizen."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"I think the problems we see here and there should be seen in the broader political context, and the fundamental solution to our problems,as they stand now, is opening the political space,and also in terms of reconciliation and amnesty."

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"Given everything that's going on, given the kind of response that the Iranian government has had to the desires of the Iranian people to have their voices be heard, to have their basic freedoms be respected these are the most fundamental American political values that we have,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.24