"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

Smith-Valade emphasized that with great teamwork, anyone who is speaking on behalf of the organizing committee is well prepared.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Journalist Farhad Paykar, speaking on behalf of the organization, says international forces were reckless and demonstrated an inhumane double standard.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The most recent Chechen claim of responsibility was posted on the Internet on behalf of separatist leader Doku Umarov.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Jewish community leader Mark Pelavin addressed the vigil on behalf of the North American Union for Reform Judaism.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

"And we've demonstrated the importance of American leadership - and American partnership - on behalf of our own security, and the world's."

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

He says Americans who call for unilateral concessions to Cuba are lobbying on behalf of a dictatorship.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

And that voice of impartial advocacy has to be on behalf of those who are most vulnerable and who do not have a voice."

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

"The best action we can take on behalf of America's family budget and on behalf of the federal budget is to pass health care reform."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

Mr.Mugabe,signing the accord on behalf of the ZANU-PF party, called it a historic event.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"Unfortunately,the plan being promoted by the White House would give Washington the power to make highly personal medical decisions on behalf of patients,on behalf of you,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

After the vote,British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant read a statement on behalf of the group's foreign ministers, which said the door to continued negotiation would remain open.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

During a meeting, officials say the Myers agreed to provide information about U.S.officials working in Latin America, and they discussed their past activities on behalf of Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

The G77-China bloc,which negotiates on behalf of 130 countries including some of the poorest nations want the Kyoto agreement to continue beyond 2012 with new emissions targets.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

and hence the caution on behalf of the aviation authorities."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15