Just a few months ago, he approved the latest increase of more than 20,000 U.S.troops in Afghanistan, allowing for more aggressive operations against Taliban strongholds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Geithner himself is under pressure for allowing large financial bonuses at American International Group insurance that is now under government control.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Niger's electoral commission says more than 92 percent of voters approved changes to the constitution allowing President Mamadou Tandja to run for re-election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial for violating the terms of her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American man to stay over without official permission.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

It also listed reports of government forces shelling nominal safe-haven areas for Tamil civilians, killing rebels trying to surrender, and allowing dismal humanitarian conditions to prevail in displaced-person camps.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Leaving things as they are in the Arab world, the Institute for Peace study says, will result in cosmetic changes only, allowing autocratic rulers to fend off real democratic change.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"In preparing for recording and taking those aggressive steps, you have to be one with the spirit, allowing the ebb and flow of the physical and spiritual to become one."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"The reason we are in Afghanistan militarily is that we know the consequences of allowing the bad lands of Afghanistan, of the Afghan-Pakistan border to become an incubator for international terrorism,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Aung San Suu Kyi is now on trial for allowing an uninvited guest to stay in her house without official permission and is expected to be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

And that team is continuing to gather that information." A U.S.advocacy group, Physicians for Human Rights, says that allowing Dostum to return to any position of power before there is a thorough and transparent investigation of allegations against him will been seen by Afghans as confirmation that warlords like Dostum have impunity for their crimes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17