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

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"We recognize that as we move ahead there are huge challenges ahead of us, particularly the challenge of overcoming the divisions that have occurred in this country.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"We recognize that the journey from London to Kabul is measured in more than miles, it is measured in the progress that you have made in delivering on the London commitment."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

But we must recognize that our fiscal health tomorrow will rest in no small measure on our ability to create jobs and growth today."

VOA: special.2010.07.02

"They recognize as we do, that this is a shared responsibility and a shared threat."

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"If President Obama is making this declaration, we hope that he will be able to exert pressure on Israel to recognize Palestine as an independent state,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"In each country, what we have to recognize is that the recovery is still fragile, that we still have more work to do to make this recovery durable."

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

And finally, we need a relationship with its neighbors, above all with Pakistan, in which all recognize that Afghanistan has got to be a neutral state not a client state,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"I do not think we are there yet,". "I would hope that we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but there has to be one first.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"And so we're going to be dealing with these short-term problems, but we also have to keep our eye on the horizon and recognize that it's that long-term issue that has to be focused on."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"But we also have to recognize that if markets are skittish and don't have confidence that we can tackle the tough problems of our medium- and long-term debt and deficits,then that also is going to undermine our recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

So I think that is somewhat premature. We have said previously if you go back to what the European Union has said that we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but the conditions are not there as of yet."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"To take an opportunity to make sure that the indifference that the American people have had to the cause in Darfur ends, that we recognize we are all part of one human family and that it is very important that we stand up and that we make our voices be heard."

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

"We need to recognize at the outset that what we do to animals from their perspective certainly, and probably from ours is morally wrong and unacceptable, and that it's really important to follow through on all these exciting new leads into ways of doing research without using animals."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16