State Department officials said Thursday the restoration of the terminated assistance will be dependent upon a return to democratic governance in Honduras.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

He seems, in this way, to anticipate what we might think of as the modern welfare state that public assistance be provided, and the poor, not simply depend on the private goodwill of the others.

如此看来,霍布斯已经预见到了,我们现代社会国家福利制度的出现，穷人不只依靠个人的善意施舍度日,更多的是求助于国家提供的福利保障。

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The State Department's Antiterrorism Assistance program also provided training and equipment to the country's Maritime Police Unit.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

The United States has provided about $10 million of military equipment and supplies to the Somali government, and the State Department's top envoy to Somalia says more assistance will be on the way.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

But the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, appealed for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control: "There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26