That became our problem." William Deng heads a commission supervising the return of ninety thousand former fighters to civilian life.

VOA: special.2011.02.24

A year later,President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

The new space agency was given a lot of money and thousands of engineers and technicians from military and civilian agencies.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Senator Joe Lieberman says the jury's decision makes it highly unlikely there will be many more civilian trials of Guantanamo detainees.

VOA: special.2010.11.20

He objected. He said if he had broken a law, he should be tried by a civilian court.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

He said the mission in Iraq is changing from a military effort led by troops to a civilian effort led by diplomats.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

"Your forces," he wrote, "fired this morning on a civilian ship flying the flag of my government.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

These include the French Legion of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

So the troops and supplies were put on a fast civilian ship, instead of a slower warship.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

It was thought that a civilian ship could get into Charleston Harbor before state forces could act.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

It undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system."

VOA: special.2010.06.26

One time,after World War Two ended, he brought his radio show to soldiers waiting at a base in California to return to civilian life.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Now,the civilian government in Islamabad says the United States has taken steps to ease Pakistani concerns.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

In March,surviving members of the group received Congress' highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal.

VOA: special.2010.11.08

Human rights groups have condemned all sides in the Somali capital for causing civilian deaths.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

But studies show only about twenty percent of bird strikes to civilian aircraft are reported.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Support was growing, in Congress and among scientists, for a United States civilian space agency.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

But officials say the blockade might be eased to permit more civilian goods into Gaza.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

The project collects the remembrances of American war veterans and civilian workers who supported them.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

The Iranian government says its nuclear program is for peaceful, civilian purposes only.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

Our responsibility for the civilian casualties and the human costs of the war."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

It blames the Palestinian group for positioning fighters and rockets in civilian areas.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

On Thursday,President Obama signed into law a civilian aid bill for Pakistan.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

They plan to use the plutonium as fuel for civilian nuclear reactors.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

Counterinsurgency involves military action but also depends on civilian relationships to succeed.

VOA: special.2010.06.26