"We recognize the imminent threat. We are committed to enhancing our intelligence capabilities and our offensive capability to deal with this."

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized North Korea Saturday for recklessly pursuing nuclear and missile capabilities while many of its people starved.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Gates said the U.S.and Israel are in full agreement on the negative consequences of having Iran obtain nuclear weapons capabilities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

is focused on training that will enhance capabilities needed for humanitarian and civic assistance, disaster relief, and regional security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"There are very significant capabilities that Dow has that they are bringing to bear in this process,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

"The African people are capable doing really good things and organizing great events, they have good capabilities,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

The Pentagon Press Secretary, Geoff Morrell, says at Tuesday's meeting Secretary Gates praised China for increased transparency about its military capabilities and intentions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

He gets excited each time he demonstrates the capabilities of his new,experimental WAIEX aircraft.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

The United States is investing $700 million this year to improve Mexico's law enforcement capabilities as part of the Merida Initiative, created during the George W.Bush administration.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Fars News Agency reported that Ahmadi-Moqaddam complained that "Internet crime" was on the rise and that the Iranian police must "increase its capabilities to counter such violations."

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

"China is only the third country to have human space flight capabilities.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Senior U.S.Envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, emerged from meetings with South Korean counterparts in Seoul holding firm to Washington's insistence that Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities must be ended.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Secretary Gates said the U.S.intelligence community believes that Iran has been slower to develop its intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities than previously thought.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

has been involved in, no enemy has ever had space capabilities."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

You can't make life worse for clinicians. And you also have to understand the local needs and capabilities, which I think we see with m-health and emerging technologies there."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Second,obviously we have to review our detection capabilities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

He says ground troops need to secure drop zones for the heavy pallets of water, food and medicine, and that they need vehicles and other capabilities to secure and distribute the aid.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

"And I would say the same thing . They will give us a financial ability to accelerate the process, to bring on more jobs, to have capabilities brought in from additional partners."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

He says both countries have armies that are developing well, police forces that are hampered by corruption but have potential, and both have economic capabilities that can be unleashed if the security situation improves.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"Every day, we increase our capabilities ,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

The report says more and more Iraqi military units are taking the lead in fighting insurgents, but they continue to need help from the United States and other coalition countries for air support,logistics,intelligence and related capabilities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

"And it may not be the last." Bosworth repeated the Obama administration's policy that Washington is willing to talk one-on-one with North Korea, but only within the framework of six-nation talks begun in 2003 aimed at ending all of the North's nuclear capabilities.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06