He stressed the threat posed by militants in the region is too great for the United States to pull out.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

White House officials have stressed they need a strong partner in Afghanistan in order for any such strategy to succeed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

They must count everyone in the equation of power, he stressed,and allow the people to determine their own destiny.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

At the U.N.climate change summit in Copenhagen last year, Senegal's president,Abdoulaye Wade, stressed the importance of planting the "Great Green Wall."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

In a brief statement from the White House, Mr.Obama stressed this will be a complex and challenging operation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Fellow-Republican Senator Kit Bond of Missouri blasted the president for recent comments in which he stressed the need for an exit strategy from Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

And he stressed that ineffective programs will be cut in the weeks and months ahead.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

But in remarks at a defence seminar in Paris, Mr.Sarkozy stressed France had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by rejoining the military command.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

In the year-long battle over reform, President Obama stressed the importance of billions of dollars in longer-term savings from reducing waste in the current health care system.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

She stressed she would challenge the results in court.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Gates' stressed that,in any case, he saw no cause for a slowdown in the pace of U.S.troop pullouts, but that any acceleration, would necessarily depend on an assessment of the situation by U.S.Commander Ray Odierno.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

"What we've proven to be useful and what does work is having a person in a stressed state, and then reducing that stress because it's that contrast is what motivates a person to cooperate, what motivates a person to start talking.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Security Council president condemned acts for the month of September, U.S.Ambassador Susan Rice, read a statement from the council, in which it stressed the importance of respecting international law by preserving the inviolability of the embassy and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25