And on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a deal between Democrats and Republicans to clear the way for final approval.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Workers moved millions of cubic meters of stone and earth to clear the area.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

Finally,it did. And the smoke of battle began to clear.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

They are also setting backfires to clear away dry brush, and using helicopters and airplanes to drop water and fire retardant.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

They are joined by hundreds of Afghan soldiers, trying to clear insurgents from the town of Sayedebad in Helmand Province.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

He said a lot of misinformation is being spread by critics of reform, adding that it is necessary to clear the air.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

"There's a lot of things to clear and get over." "Cars turned over.A couple of fires."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"I think the tragedy is he had to compromise upon the attempts to clear his name in order to smooth the path home to Libya,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Analysts say the attacks may be part of the military's plans to clear the area of local communities ahead of construction of a hydro-electric power plant.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Flights were suspended as soldiers tried to clear the runway.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Former President Jacques Chirac did not respond directly to news he has been ordered to stand trial, but a statement from his office said he was serene and determined to clear himself.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

When Hex gets offered the chance to clear his own name by stopping Turnbull from using terror to launch a new civil war, it is an offer the bounty hunter can not turn down.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

"We do not have enough forces right now, between the Afghan security forces, trained and in place, and ISAF to be able to clear out the insurgents and then hold that so that development and reconstruction can occur.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

With medical teams and mobile facilities from several countries already in place in Haiti, the deputy commander of the U.S.military effort there, Army Major General Daniel Allyn, says American priorities have shifted to delivering vehicles to distribute aid, machinery to produce clean water and equipment to clear rubble and begin reconstruction.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19