President Obama says he inherited massive government debt and a sinking economy from his predecessor,President Bush, and that only drastic action will correct the situation while investing in the nation's needs pertaining to health care, energy independence,and education.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

And that has resulted in a drastic increase of insurgent attacks against Afghan government, international and civilian targets in those areas.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Both companies have declared bankruptcy after failing to recover from a drastic drop in auto sales.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04