Cassatt also worked hard to support women's right to vote in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

If you think I'm going to say it's a pleasure to be here,forget it.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

Septime Webre says that seeing a beautiful ballet dancer skillfully dancing to Tchaikovsky's music is to see a joy and faith in the harmony of the world.

VOA: special.2010.12.22

Political analysts say Mr.Obama's decision on whether to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan is likely to be a turning point in his presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Mariam Ndiaye Coulibaly, the group's representative to Senegal, applauded the country's progress with regards to reducing child mortality and improving access to school.

VOA: standard.2009.11.22

While Republicans oppose his efforts on the economy and health care, several Democrats have raised concerns about the president's decision to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

For many people trying to shed a few kilograms, it's hard enough to lose the weight, but many experts say it's even harder to keep the weight off.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

He was the first witness in a probe examining the government's decision to send naval commandos to intercept six ships trying to break Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

The amendment would prevent the U.S.Export-Import Bank from entering into any deals with foreign companies that significantly contribute to Iran's refined petroleum resources, part of efforts to pressure Iran to stop its uranium enrichment program.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

From Tokyo,Secretary Gates will travel to Seoul, where Geoff Morrell says he will try to further reassure officials of the U.S.commitment to South Korea's security, in the wake the latest short-range missile tests by North Korea earlier this month.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Coinciding with the hearing, the State Department confirmed that the U.S.is providing urgent shipments of weapons and ammunition to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government,the TFG, to help it avoid a complete takeover by Islamist rebels the U.S.suspects has ties to al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Venezuelan President Chavez threatened to refuse to sign the declaration to protest Cuba's absence from the hemispheric gathering, and to protest the document's failure - as it is now reportedly written - to demand an end to the U.S.embargo of the island.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

"This has always been publicized as the other people disease - HIV is something that's happening in Africa, it's happening to gay men, it's happening to drug users So HIV is something that is happening there to somebody in a far away country."

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

U.S.Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy, says President Obama's decision to send 30,000 more U.S.troops to Afghanistan in the next six months and then begin withdrawing them by July 2011 was made only after a lengthy district by district evaluation of the security situation in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08