Majority Democrats and President Obama identified job creation as a main objective of the economic stimulus package Congress approved last month.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

I,myself,am very skeptical that achieving that limited objective requires the kind of presence and investment that the Obama plan foresees,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"The primary objective of this offensive is to force the collapse of the TFG and to force AMISOM to leave Somalia,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

But he said movement toward that objective should be gradual and should require other nuclear-armed countries to cut their arsenals as well.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

With one exception, he said there was no military objective or advantage that could justify the attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"As I have made clear the primary objective of the committee will be to identify lessons learned.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Diana Setiawati with the IOM explains the objective of the tours, which began six months ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

The main objective of being in contact is to provide information to the public,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"And so if that was the objective,healing, and it's done the opposite.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

He told the Fox News Sunday program the U.S. objective has narrowed.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

His followers are now targets of the Ugandan,south Sudanese, CAR,and the U.N.-backed Congolese forces, leading many to question what objective his latest moves could possibly be designed to reach.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Where the world's poorest countries are concerned, the G20 says that narrowing the development gap and reducing poverty are integral to a broader objective of achieving strong,sustainable and balanced growth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"Yet, we did not be discouraged by that. During the Arab summit in Tripoli we reconfirmed our commitment to the proximity talks to help the United States achieve this strategic objective."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

In their study, the researchers tested blood for cotinine,a chemical which is produced when nicotine is metabolized, so they got an objective measure of how much smoke the teenagers were exposed to.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04