They would not surrender. The war would not end until the Confederate armies were defeated by military force.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

He said that God wanted him to fight slavery by invading Virginia with a military force.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

And last July it added Hezbollah's military force to its list of banned organizations.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

He asked Congress for permission to use military force to bring peace to Cuba.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

He said he would not use military force until every other way had failed.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

He said military force would not be needed.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

The United States has the largest military force in the country among the 42-nation coalition fighting the eight-year-old war against the insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

He says in the short term, the most effective way to combat piracy is with military force.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Japan's defense minister, Yasukazu Hamada,said whether Pyongyang actually launches a satellite or a ballistic missile the country's military force is prepared to protect the nation.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

"Pakistan is absolutely certain that this war cannot be won by military force alone.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

U.S.officials say they are in a better position to mediate and press for the resolution of difficult issues while the United States has a sizable military force in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

The president thanked Ms.Merkel for Germany's contributions to the NATO military force in Afghanistan, although the United States wants Germany and other NATO partners to add more troops to the effort.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

U.S.officials say they are in a better position to mediate and press for the resolution of difficult issues, and to ease tensions between the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish Peshmerga militia, while the United States has a sizable military force in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

She said the military itself, examining its experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, has come to recognize the limits of the use of force.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

His father was a high-level air force officer in the Pakistani military.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

U.S.military helicopters deployed in military exercises in the southern Philippines assisted the Philippine Air Force and Navy in the search and rescue operations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

At the U.S.Defense Department, spokesman Bryan Whitman said there is always concern that the use of force by the military could lead to reprisals.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

military officer has called an "economy of force" operation, in which the United States did what it could, after doing everything that was needed in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The NATO meeting will also focus on another key issue sending trainers to Afghanistan to increase the numbers and capacity of the Afghan military and police force.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

The report says the U.S.military's Djibouti-based Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is currently installing a Maritime Security and Safety Information System in key positions along the Kenyan coast.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

The Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Air Force General Douglas Fraser, says the military is gradually increasing its capacity to deliver assistance to the millions of people affected by the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The head of Mauritania's democratic opposition, Ahmed Ould Dadah, says General Aziz's candidacy is illegal even if he resigns his military commission because Mauritanian law prohibits those who take power by force from runningin the next election.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Authorities say they quickly killed two of the gunmen, but two others continued to fire machine guns in the extended battle in Pul-i-Alam, Witnesses say U.S.military helicopters were part of the response force, and one aircraft fired a rocket into a multi-story building which the insurgents had seized, used to launch their attack and had rigged with explosives.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10