"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

It's a province that desperately needs development, and better security so we're delighted to have the American troops coming."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Mota says if the village is clean, more tourists will come, and bring income to the desperately poor area.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

A spokesman says relief workers hope to improve the process of water distribution, and that they desperately need more food,tents, and medical supplies.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

The president says people are desperately searching for work, and the government has an obligationto consider every additional responsible step possible to get them working again.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

U.N.spokesman Gordon Weiss tells VOA News that food, medicine and shelter are desperately needed for both those inside in the conflict area and civilians who have recently escaped.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Lung transplants are seriously complex surgeries, often performed on desperately sick patients.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Addressing media in the White House Rose Garden, the president said Republicans who had for years supported policies that turned big surpluses into deficits had no place blocking aid for Americans desperately searching for work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

"It would be unethical for us to turn our back on these people and not conduct the research that is so desperately needed to develop the drugs to treat these diseases and the vaccines to prevent them in the future."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

"As is often the case, some of the international press either misunderstood or deliberately misconstrued what was a civilian and military response both of them necessary to be able to deliver aid to the Haitians who desperately needed it,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

"Even though we have slowed the loss of jobs,and today's report on the continued decline in unemployment claims is a hopeful sign, the economic growth that we have seen has not led to the job growth that we desperately need,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

So how do you feed a city like, for example, Nairobi or many other very large mega-cities with desperately poor people in them where food simply cannot be provided in cities without access to diesel and so on?" Taylor says governments need to start investing in safe and sustainable energy alternatives.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20