"With the magnitude of the challenges we face, what we need in Washington are not more political tactics,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

I think that really is what we need to be focused on.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Did we do what we need to with that information?

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

"He possesses a quality that I value in all my advisors: a willingness to tell leaders what we need to know, even if it is not what we want to hear."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

"But I think what we need to focus on, and focus our efforts , in making headway in reversing the Taliban's momentum and strengthening the Afghan army and police and really going after al-Qaida."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"I think that survey shows that, as minorities and women pursue a STEM career, they have to face a number of barriers along the pipeline (SAYING...) and what we need to do as a society is really understand what these roadblocks are."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"What we need is a multi-pronged, explicit strategy that employs all of the elements of our national power and our allies, and that ties together multiple lines of operation, including direct diplomacy with the Iranians, into a coherent plan of action for the months ahead that has goals and schedules and teeth,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

We need to do a much better job of making sure that what's in those vending machines is very consistent.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

I got you roses, I got you chocolate, it says I love you. What more do we need?'

VOA: special.2010.02.08

"We'll need to wait for all the girls to enter puberty before we have a good grasp on what the contribution is of those environmental chemicals."

VOA: special.2010.08.18

That needs to be understood. But this time, we need to put the story of emancipation at the center of this narrative, because what really transformed the United States, were not those battles.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

"What we do need is Afghan governance of a kind that is credible in the eyes of its own people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"We need people throughout the world to, one,recognize their struggle, know what they are doing and to support them.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

"We need to do a much better job of making sure that what's in those vending machines is very consistent.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09