After the second Cabinet meeting of his presidency, Mr.Obama told reporters his administration is preparing for the worst the swine flu could do.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

But just moments after he spoke the debate intensified, as former Vice President Dick Cheney took strong issue with the Obama administration's Guantanamo policy.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

That could explain why many gun advocates keep alert year-after-year, analyzing the next administration.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo during his campaign for the White House, and he began the task of reversing the Bush administration's detainee policy immediately after taking office.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

She says after the review the administration is convinced the situation in Afghanistan will improve sufficiently in the next 18 months for U.S.and NATO troops to begin transferring security to Afghan forces.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The visit to Damascus by U.S.envoy Mitchell is another step in what has been a cautious effort by the Obama administration to draw Syria into diplomatic engagement after years of strained relations.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Meanwhile,the Obama administration is conducting a strategic review of the mission in Afghanistan, after sending an additional In a report that was leaked to the news media, the top commander of U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The Obama administration opposed the resolution. After the measure passed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration does not believe the full House of Representatives will or should vote on the resolution.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Clinton arrived here a day after the Obama administration announced it was sending more money, technology and manpower to secure the Mexican border and help Mexican authorities in their battle with drug cartels.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

But,I think in general it will be very,very well received," The U.S.is placing great importance on improving relations with Egypt and with veteran Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, after tensions during the Bush Administration.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

But Mr.Abhisit,who oversees a 15 month old administration of six coalition parties, has offered a nine month time frame for elections after constitutional amendments have been agreed to and a new budget passed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

One week after U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Congress that the Obama administration will work with lawmakers to impose "crippling" sanctions against Iran, Senate lawmakers introduced legislation designed to help accomplish just that.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Unidentified Obama administration officials on Wednesday were quoted as anticipating that negotiations on a final bill would not be complete until after the president's State of the Union Address in January, and could slip into February.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Obama administration officials have been quoted as saying they anticipate negotiations on a final bill would not be complete until after the president's State of the Union Address in January, and could slip even later into the new year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

who has become one of the most prominent Republican critics of the Obama White House, said the Bush administration acted within legal guidelines to keep America safe after the September 11 2001 attacks on the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

But selling the proposed budget on Capitol Hill became harder after Friday's report from the Congressional Budget Office, which projects significantly higher budget deficits than the administration estimates over the next decade, adding trillions of dollars to the national debt.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Vice President Biden spoke to political leaders and students at Bucharest's Central University Library, after receiving assurances from Romanian President Traian Basescu that Romania supports plans by the Obama administration to revise missile defense plans for Europe amid new concerns over the continent's security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23