"We have made clear to the government of Afghanistan our serious concerns regarding the return of Mr.Dostum and any prospective role in today's Afghanistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"Our security needs would be greatly enhanced by a clear alternative to the kind of autocracy we have in Yemen and other parts of the Arab world."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"Let me be clear,we have not agreed to start handing over the lead,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"The celebration of his return was extremely disturbing, and we have made it quite clear to the Libyan government both publicly and privately that we're going to be watching very closely how they receive this man,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"We will strengthen Pakistan's capacity to target those groups that threaten our countries and have made it clear that we cannot tolerate a safe haven for terrorists whose location is known and whose intentions are clear,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

"We have made it very clear that the North Koreans pursue this pathway at a cost, and with consequences to the six-party talks, which we would like to see revived and moving forward as quickly as possible,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"We have now to concretize the measure which have been agreed upon 11 April and we have to send a clear signal that we will not let down Greece, and I think that is the bottom line of everything."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"We are working hard toward an agreement. It is clear we have the major elements of an agreement in place and now we have to do the hard work of conforming the treaty and some other small negotiations,".

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

Conscious that a faraway and costly war doesn't play well with voters, incumbent Gordon Brown insists the troops are fighting to keep Britain safe "We have got to be clear that we cannot allow terrorists to have territory in the world that then they use as a base to attack the United Kingdom."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30