President Obama is eagerly awaited strategy makes the top priority defeating al-Qaida and related terrorist groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

It makes defeating al-Qaida and other terrorist groups the top priority, and calls for more regional cooperation, among other things.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

Vaccines that protect against pneumonia and diarrhea are a top priority for health experts seeking more funding.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Mr.Obama said shrinking that shortfall would be the top priority for his new budget director.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

It says expectant mothers should be given top priority in receiving antiviral drugs like Tamiflu.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Immigration reform failed in Congress in 2006 and 2007 and President Obama promised to make the issue a top priority during his first year in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

The Iraqi defense minister stressed Iraq's top priority is to "combat terrorism" and that it needs a new partnership with the United States to do that.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

"Defense Secretary Gates has long made reducing Afghan civilian casualties a top priority, and Morrell says there has been a 40 percent reduction so far this year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

World Vision's Amelia Merrick, says getting schools back up and running quickly is a top priority, particularly in areas like Pariaman where entire villages were buried by landslides caused by the quake.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"Violence against women is not prosecuted because it is not a top government and urgent social priority.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

President Barack Obama says reforming the U.S.health care system is his top domestic priority.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Health-care reform has been President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, and the president is making an energetic final push for support, including a recent visit to Ohio.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

The talks are a top foreign policy priority for President Obama.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Health care reform remains President Obama's top domestic priority.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

President Obama has made health care reform his top domestic priority, and Rothenberg says it has now become essential for Democrats to get something through Congress before next year's midterm elections.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

President Obama is fighting hard timing is now,". for his top domestic priority, an overhaul of the current health care system that would cost at least $1 trillion, a priority he asserts that can be achieved without adding to the federal budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

"I want some courage. I want us to do the right thing, Ohio,and with your help we are going to make it happen!" Democrats need every vote to pass Mr.Obama's top domestic priority, and the president did win over one liberal holdout.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18