California Republican Dan Lungren said Mr.Obama is not living up to his campaign promises to cut taxes and federal spending.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Economists warn growth may be cut by up two percentage points this year, to about four percent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

The announced troop cut was widely anticipated and will leave about 10,000 NATO forces in Kosovo compared to up to 15,000 troops there at any given time.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

Investors also fear the new administration will loosen fiscal policies, although EU nations from Greece to Britain are being forced to cut spending to shore-up Europe's weakening euro currency.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

The main goals of the summit are to agree on targets to cut to greenhouse-gas emissions and to set up a mechanism to provide developing countries with the billions of dollars needed to cope with climate change.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

The goal is to come up with substantive, but workable solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions,promote new, eco-friendly technologies, but also promote economic growth and investment and help the less developed nations to adapt to these new conditions.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09