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The Senate Finance Committee has approved President Obama's nominee to be Treasury Secretary paving the way for his confirmation by the full Senate. President Obama is hoping for a quick confirmation of his top financial adviser, so that his adminis
SCIENCE REPORT - March 28, 2002: Intel Science Talent Search By Nancy Steinbach Starting April 3, two new programs will take the place of Science Report: -- On Wednesdays, Health Report will describe
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - October 22, 2002: Nobel Science Prizes By George Grow VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a VOA Special English program a
By Deborah Tate Washington 24 January 2006 The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, has voted to send the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the full Senate for confirmation. T
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 22 March 2007 A U.S. Senate committee has followed the lead of its counterpart in the House of Representatives and authorized subpoenas to compel White House aides to testify in public and under oath about the dismissals
By Al Pessin Pentagon 31 October 2006 The U.S. Defense Department is taking a new approach in its battle against Islamist militants around the world - it is moving to expand its press operation. Officials say the goals are to counter terrorist propa
By Al Pessin Pentagon 26 October 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says it is entirely reasonable for U.S. and Iraqi officials to discuss setting benchmarks and target dates for achieving their goals during the coming year. He says some of
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 27 June 2007 A U.S. Senate panel has issued subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney's office, the Justice Department and the National Security Council for documents relating to a controversial wiretapping
By Al Pessin Washington 24 March 2006 A report issued by the U.S. Department of Defense Friday quotes an Iraqi document as saying Russia provided intelligence to Iraq during the decisive early weeks o
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 24 January 2007 A U.S. Senate panel has approved a measure expressing opposition to President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq. The measure passed by a 12-9 vote, despite President Bush's appeal to Congress Tu
US Woman's Afghan Experience Inspires Novel Farishta means 'angel' in Dari, the widely spoken language in northern Afghanistan. It's also the title of a novel by Patricia McArdle, a retired American diplomat who spent a year in Afghanistan. Over her
Sentiment Mixes with Science Fiction in 'Real Steel' Battling robots in the boxing ring help a wayward father reconnect with his young son in the new sci-fi action film Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman. In the not too distant future, prizefighters n
Yemeni officials say they are releasing about 170 detainees with suspected ties to al-Qaida, two weeks after al-Qaida said it would use Yemen as its base of operations for the Arabian peninsula. One Yemeni official, who asked to remain anonymous, to
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 05 December 2006 watch Nobel Prize Science Winners On Sunday, (December 10, 2006) this year's Nobel Prizes are being presented in Stockholm, Sweden. The annual awards are given to people who have made outstanding cont
Then Silence --by:Kjartan Salvesen It's not about tomorrow forget about today There's matter anyway, you've turn a pain to sorrow The thing will last spin then we miss you. I cannot do what's been down forgive me it's over and silence. So you say yo
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 15 September 2006 The United Nations official in charge of the fight against bird flu has urged donor nations to release funds to Indonesia because the country has made progress in combating the disease. ----- The U.N. coord
By Paula Wolfson White House 14 September 2006 The stage is set for a confrontation between the White House and the U.S. Senate on the sensitive and complex issue of how best to try and treat terror suspects. A key Senate committee has approved a pr
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 July 2007 Israel is lifting crippling economic sanctions on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the move is in response to the violent takeover of the Gaza St
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 August 2006 At least 28 farm workers were killed Friday during an Israeli airstrike on a warehouse located in Lebanese territory near the Syrian border. Hezbollah militants said they killed six Israeli soldiers in heavy gr
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 September 2006 A key Senate panel has postponed a vote on the nomination of John Bolton for a full- term appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The unexpected development came as the Senate Foreign Rela