Barack Obama said he came to Turkey at the end of his first overseas trip as president for a reason.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Speaking at a panel discussion at the Urban Institute in Washington, Zandi cited the nation's double digit unemployment as reason for caution.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Many St.John's students cited this unique approach as their main reason for coming to the College.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Damascus has steadfastly denied the charges. Hilal Kashan, professor of political science at the American University of Beirut, thinks that the Hezbollah-led opposition scored a big victory with the general's release and could win the parliamentary elections because of it:"The opposition is using the release of the 4 senior officers as a moral victory, and says for the past 3 years and 8 months, four officers were jailed for no reason, whatsoever and they are coming hard on the Lebanese legal system and the process the Lebanese government, and they say this is the beginning,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.30