Otherwise,he said, patience in the United States and in other NATO countries for the mission could wear thin.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

It's so important for us at EPA to build and continue to build our recognition and our mission with the youth.

对环境保护署来说,在年轻人心中建立并不断完善,对我们使命的认知是十分重要的。

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Even if troop numbers hold up, Chalmers says future public support for the mission depends on progress.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"We had been training long and hard for the mission, and we knew the baby was coming so it was easy to go on and do my tasks,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

The scientist says this mission has been planned for many years, but he is not sure when it will happen.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

For example, one American astronaut on a four-month long mission on the Russian space station Mir saw a vision of his dead father.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

So as Atlantis landed for the final time, Astronaut Chris Ferguson simply said "Mission complete, Houston."

VOA: special.2011.07.27

And we have to get ourselves arranged for the next mission,the next operation, that we send our forces to.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Bob Dempsey, at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, is the lead International Space Station flight director for this mission.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

But the AU mission is also controversial among some Somalis, who blame the peacekeepers for fueling more violence.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

For five days, through one crisis after another, the Apollo 13 crew and mission specialists on the ground worked through each difficulty.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

The Endeavour mission includes plans for five space walks to install the Japanese science module and perform other tasks at the space station.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

"You have lost me, for whatever it is worth, in terms of the viability of this mission."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The mission focused on treating the most critically injured patients in order to free up Haitian hospitals for those with less severe injuries.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Fostering financial literacy among young people and preparing them for the workplace has been the mission of Junior Achievement since it was founded in 1919.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

The United Nations said there was serious damage to the headquarters of its mission in Haiti, and a large number of staff were unaccounted for.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

The announcement described the imminent rocket mission as a "satellite launch for peaceful purposes."

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

The UN Human Rights Council was set to condemn Israel for its failure to cooperate with the fact finding mission headed by South African Justice, Richard Goldstone.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

U.S.officials plan for the shuttle to fly its last mission in September 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Clinton said Bosworth's mission to Pyongyang will not be a negotiation but rather an effort to pave the way for North Korea's return to the six-party process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

The success of that mission opened the door for deep sea exploration.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

The mission had special meaning for Dr.Robert (Bobby) Satcher and Leland Melvin.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Referring to mission creep in Afghanistan, Byrd went on to question the need for 30,000 to 40,000 additional troops requested by the U.S.and NATO commander General Stanley McChrystal.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Head of the fact finding mission, South African Justice Richard Goldstone, criticized Israel for not cooperating with the mission and strongly rejected accusations that the investigation was politically motivated.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The new schedule calls for Endeavour to lift off before dawn on Wednesday, the same day that NASA had hoped to launch a separate mission to survey the moon.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

Appealing for restraint at a news conference, Clinton said she was encouraged by the calm reaction to the naval encounter and said plans for the long-anticipated Bosworth mission are going forward.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Meanwhile, Russia has pulled out of ministerial talks with NATO scheduled for later this month to protest the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from its mission at alliance headquarters in Brussels.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

But Barigye Ba-hoku, the spokesman for African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM, says that by the time his forces got there, the pirates had already climbed aboard the vessel.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

While in opposition, the Democratic Party of Japan tried to block the country's Indian Ocean refueling mission for U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, but agreed not to disrupt the mission before it expires in January.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

"Nothing can really take the place of putting it all together in a simulated, real world situation as preparation for what our final mission would be to actually respond in a real crisis."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26