The level of violence is up. I worry a great deal about the overarching impact of the global financial crisis on not just Afghanistan or Pakistan, but all of us in our ability to resource this in the future.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

So most of us here, whatever we do in our lives, now and in the future, are idealists.

我们在座的多数人，不论做什么，从现在到未来，都是理想主义者。

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"Let us debate the future of the party," "And let us, let all segments of the party come in!" But some of the most prominent voices on the far-right of the Republican Party say Powell no longer has a say.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24