"We do it as a team now, where a few months ago we didn't do it along with our Afghan partners, now,every day, we are all together in the same venues and we pass information.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

"We hope -- and we pray that this terrible war may pass away quickly.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

The rain had stopped during the forenoon and three times we had heard planes coming, seen them pass overhead, watched them go far to the left and heard them bombing on the main highroad...."

VOA: special.2011.06.26

"We need to pass a bill. It needs to be the best bill we can possibly get through Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

(ASKING) "In fact,the absorption enhancement that we see is in the range of 20 to 50 times the single-pass absorbance."

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Now we are being told that we need to pass health care reform immediately, because we are in a crisis,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

"We will do what is necessary to pass a health care bill to improve quality,lower cost and make America healthier,"

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"The best action we can take on behalf of America's family budget and on behalf of the federal budget is to pass health care reform."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

"We have plenty to work from, to pass comprehensive, affordable,accessible, universal health care."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

"Successfully investigating this episode could only make it stronger,but we shouldn't pass this resolution now which could actually hinder the wheels of justice before they have ever begun to turn."

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"Our margins are really thin, in terms of our bottom line, and any additional costs have to be absorbed by the farmer because we can't pass on those costs to consumers directly,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

"I want some courage. I want us to do the right thing, Ohio,and with your help we are going to make it happen!" Democrats need every vote to pass Mr.Obama's top domestic priority, and the president did win over one liberal holdout.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"Sixty percent." "Can we extrapolate from that, if there's 90 or even 85 percent of the folks that are on this chart here, that have not been polygraphed that, maybe 60 percent of them might not pass the polygraph if they took the test?" "We and others have done that analysis,senator, and have reached the same conclusion."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11