"President Obama has made it clear that the United States will not be defined simply by what we are against, but by what we are for the opportunity,liberties, prosperity and common aspirations we share with the rest of the world,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

What we've done is refocused. We are refocused on 'why are we there?' And we've rearticulated our core objectives and our core interests in a more defined strategy for how do we actually turn the tide and begin to make progress.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27