But he did not say how the Palestinian authorities planned to do that, since the Gaza Strip is under the control of Hamas and not the Palestinian Authority.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

In his Cairo address, President Obama pledged to support governments that protect the rights of people to speak their minds and have a say in how they are governed, that respect the rule of law and the equal administration of justice, that are transparent and don't steal from the people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

"Well it seems to me if we train officers to do a particular thing and put them into situations where that training is required and then we see pictures of them doing what they have been trained to do, we cannot simply wash our hands of it at that point and say how awful it is,right?" "We have to share some of that responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

I mean,how can we say that we want Karzai to do something about his brother's alleged narcotics activities, while apparently the CIA has been paying the same brother?" Former U.S.ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann tells VOA he believes President Karzai to be a decent man, but points out that he does not have a great deal of actual power outside of Kabul and has to be very careful about alienating some people.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17