And it was overseas naval bases that could defend American interests far from home.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

"In our pandemic work, we were really focusing on the avian influenza, mostly in Asia and Africa, so the assumption that the next pandemic would start overseas, far from the U.S., turned out not to be true."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Treatments that cost a lot back home are often far cheaper overseas.

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Liver cancer is far more prevalent overseas, with 600, 000 new cases a year worldwide.

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Unlike Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, Arsenal remain under British ownership and have so far resisted attempts by overseas investors to take a controlling share.

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