Jackson was grateful for Van Buren's help, and asked him to come to Washington to serve as secretary of state.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

President Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson selected a later version of Mister Thornton's design for the Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Two thousand eight hundred ninety-five centimeters of snow fell at the Mount Baker Ski area in the northwestern state of Washington.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The first park to charge a visitor fee was Mount Rainier in the northwestern state of Washington in nineteen hundred and eight.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

Troop trains had to pass through the state of Maryland to get to Washington from the North.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Some people say they were responsible for creating Puget Sound in the western state of Washington.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Last month,Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated the winners at an awards ceremony in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

They had come to Washington to negotiate the future of federal property in their state.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

And directly across the country, on the Pacific Coast, is the state of Washington.

VOA: special.2011.01.09

Evergreen State is a public four-year college in the northwestern city of Olympia,Washington.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement last month in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement last week in Washington.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

Nirvana began in nineteen eighty-seven in the northwestern state of Washington.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Washington,however, angered the Palestinians this month when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised what she said were Israel's concessions for peace.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday at the United Nations that Washington would end its policy of limited engagement with Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

During a press briefing in Washington, Assistant U.S.Secretary of State Philip Crowley urged the interim Honduran government to accept a Costa-Rican brokered plan that would reinstate Mr.Zelaya.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

A Congressman from the state of Washington is preparing national legislation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The U.S.position on developments in Pakistan was a major topic at Wednesday's State Department briefing, where reporters pressed spokesman Robert Wood about Washington's view of Thursday's planned demonstration and the government crackdown.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11