In its budget projections, the Obama administration is assuming that unemployment will remain stubbornly high above 9 percent well into next year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

"Assuming that North Korea is responsible for the Cheonan incident, then it is appropriate for the government to respond at the level it has."

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Japan's chief Cabinet secretary, Takeo Kawamura,said the government is assuming this latest launch will go ahead as promised by North Korea despite international diplomatic objections.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

President Obama banned the use of these techniques shortly after assuming office in January.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

In his first Washington address since assuming NATO leadership last month, Secretary-General Rasmussen said he understands America's desire to see its NATO allies commit more troops and resources to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

One French official is quoted as saying international efforts are about "helping" Haiti, not "occupying" the country, inferring that the United States is assuming too much control over the operation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

Romer appeared on Fox News Sunday. "When you get out five,10 years,they are assuming that real GDP [U.S.gross domestic product is only going to grow 2.2 or 2.3 percent a year,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Foreign Minister Zebari insisted that he doesn't think that the recent surge of violence will disrupt the timetable for U.S.troops to withdraw from major Iraqi cities in June, or for assuming security responsibilities across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

But the White House and the Congressional Budget Office say that America's national debt will continue to expand for years to come, even assuming that the U.S.economy will begin to recover at the end of this year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

"I think that you're going to see some significant additional sanctions imposed by the international community, assuming that the Iranians don't change course and agree to do the things they signed up to do at the beginning of October,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Mitchell,on his fourth trip to the region since assuming the envoy post in January, will stop in Beirut Thursday and Damascus Friday and Saturday after Jerusalem-based meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The CBO projection is $7 trillion. The difference between the two estimates lies primarily in the fact that the CBO assumes the expiration of Bush administration-era tax cuts, while the White House is assuming that President Barack Obama will honor his pledge against allowing taxes to rise on families earning less than $250,000 a year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Democrat Carolyn Maloney asked him about economist's predictions that it would take the country to full employment: "Assuming that jobs are created at 2.8 million jobs per year, the best job creation of any administration, and this was achieved by former President Clinton, how long would you expect it to take us to get back to full employment?" "Well,without offering an opinion on that 10.7 million jobs, at that rate though, it would be about three years."

VOA: standard.2009.12.05