The forty-fourth president, and first African-American president, was inaugurated last January twentieth.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

This is the last of the president's three commencement addresses this year, and his first at a military academy.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Tanks and missiles paraded across Red Square last May for the first time since the Soviet collapse in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Saudi Arabia,which hosts the Hajj and grants visas to participants, first recommended restricting participation last month.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

He says it was not the first time fighting in Burma had forced villagers to flee to Thailand and would not be the last.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Iranian authorities have allowed Swiss diplomats to make only two consular visits to the detained Americans, the first in September and the second last week.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The government appointed five-member panel began its first public hearings in London in an inquiry expected to last until the end of 2010 and possibly beyond.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Mr.Taylor is the first witness in his defense and has spent much of the last 13 weeks dismissing the prosecution case against him as a series of lies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Mr.Obama,a day after brokering the first face-to-face meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders since the Gaza war late last year, said the United States will continue its pursuit of a two state solution to the Middle East conflict.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

In fact,U.S.and NATO military commanders say insurgent violence rose nearly 60 percent between the first six months of this year, compared to last year the highest level of violence since 2001 when the Taliban government was ousted by US.led forces.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

The overseas trip is the first by Secretary of State since she fractured her elbow in a fall last month, and it includes an ambitious agenda in India, where she aims to solidify a strategic partnership begun with the 2005 U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15