"I think he ought to do what General Petraeus did and that is decide on exactly the number he needs and we debate it and the president makes the ultimate decision,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

It would be impossible to explain the entire debate, so we will just tell a few stories about some great artists.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

So for me personally, I'm in the health care business and in America we're having this very important debate about health care.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

"At least we will have better clarified for the American people what the debate is about."

VOA: special.2010.02.27

As citizens of a vibrant and varied democracy, how do we engage in vigorous debate?"

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Obviously we think that debate is healthy. We're going to help the foreign minister answer the questions that have been raised in this debate.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"We need to have a debate about how we feel about whole body imaging and the privacy trade-off, and it is a legitimate issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"In fact,what's remarkable is not that we've had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it."

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"During the debate on Iraq we always said it's keeping us from getting Afghanistan right,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"We recognize that there have been questions raised in the political debate in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

That is what America is about, is we have a vigorous debate.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

"Where ideas are suppressed, we provide space for open debate.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

It is why they are wondering what kind of political solution wants to propose and I think the debate will be how we can get out of Afghanistan without any kind of defeat."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"We hope as this debate goes forward we will have a chance to meet with you and your administration and the Congressional ideas that work that states can implement, so we can all work together."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

"I think it is important for the American people and all of us to have a genuine discussion debate as everyone has said about the strategy, the exist strategy with clarity and that is precisely what we're asking,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"This situation in which you have got three parties with equal shares of the vote really closely tied to the performance of the third party in the debate is absolutely unprecedented in British politics, we have never seen a situation like this."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

"But what we showed here is that we can make progress when we are willing to break free from some of the stale debates and old ideologies that have dominated and distorted the debate in this hemisphere for far too long,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

One of the questions I've asked is: are safe sex,condoms and antiretroviral drugs a sufficient response to the health catastrophes that we face? The debate and anger over the issue drew the attention of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who spoke at the closing ceremonies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"There's a new recognition in the global debate that while security efforts in Afghanistan are exceedingly important,critical, we can never succeed if we don't manage to build a basic state with basic governance that can provide basic security in the area between Central Asia and South Asia,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27