President Obama and Prime Minister Rudd also discussed climate change, with Mr.Rudd saying "it's great to have America on board" on that issue.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

But the really important thing we saw by 1992 was that people were not really engaged at all on this issue."

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Although they might be on opposite sides of the issue, Kyle Hoefling agrees that overturning the new law would be difficult.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"On missile defense - we have agreed that we are going to continue to discuss this critical issue.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"If you want to find a scapegoat you can, but that is not the main issue on which you want to focus.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

"It'll be a critical summit, from the point of keeping the EU together,keeping consensus that the EU should maintain leadership on this issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

But he said he is not giving up on fixing health care, and that he did not tackle the issue to boost his political standing.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

At Notre Dame Sunday, President Obama took on the issue that has dogged his visit and sharply divided and polarized Americans for decades - abortion.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

He has a long history in law enforcement. "I'm very pleased that, one,President Calderone is very courageous, in his administration, in taking this issue on."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Mr.Obama urged Tehran to agree to a U.N.proposal to ship its uranium abroad for processing, adding that time for diplomacy on the issue is running out.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

I expect on this issue we will find that same sweet spot,".

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

And what's at issue is the terms on which that goes forward.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

"We have been focused on this issue," "We need to make sure that we continue to provide the training, the support that Yemen needs to counter this very serious threat."

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

But if the Tehran government chooses not to engage on the nuclear issue, that would put the United States in a stronger position to seek "other ways" of applying pressure on Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Chair of the Political Science Department at the American University in Cairo Walid Kazziha says that it is likely that Mr.Netanyahu will be attempting to get Mr.Mubarak to ease pressure on Israeli settlement issue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

"I had hoped for more," "Certainly the tone was nice, but it just did not seem to me that on the issue of policies he really learned a great deal in the last couple of week.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

But the Secretary of State says Mr.Karzai intends to announce on Tuesday how he plans to proceed on the issue, and that she is "encouraged by the direction" of events in the Afghan political crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

"And so we're going to be dealing with these short-term problems, but we also have to keep our eye on the horizon and recognize that it's that long-term issue that has to be focused on."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Since her nomination last week, comes this women Sonia Sotomayor has been heavily scrutinized, but not on her possible views concerning abortion,gun control, or any other issue that often divides Americans on political or moral grounds.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

Lois Fischbeck of Maryland came to urge the court to ban capital punishment, even though the justices are not scheduled to take on a particular case this term that would deal with the issue directly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

"In terms of diplomacy and conflict resolution, he did say that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue was a major input, and he immediately named Senator George Mitchell as his envoy in order to work on that particular issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

On Afghanistan and Pakistan, he also felt very strongly that it was very important to deal with as a regional diplomatic issue and has named Ambassador Holbrook as his representative in order to deal with issues there."

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

And that's where we are,". On whether the Obama administration wants to see former justice Chaudhry reinstated, Wood would only say that the issue is something that needs to be worked out among Pakistanis in accordance with the country's laws.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

So from that point of view I would give him a good score,". The Israeli public is divided on the settlement issue: The poll showed that 46 percent of respondents support continuing construction in the West Bank even if it means a confrontation with the U.S.- 44 percent were opposed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03