US Libraries Launch Ad Campaign to Boost Image, Funding Public libraries are an integral part of American communities - offering not just books, but free Internet access, programs for toddlers and teens, meeting rooms for local organizations, and mor...
BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Tens of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer(纳税人) funds are indirectly being paid to Afghan warlords to secure(保护) convoys carrying supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a congressional...
The United Nations reports it is running a record funding-shortfall of $4.8 billion for its aid operations in 16 crisis-ridden countries. The United Nations says it has received less than half of the $9.5 billion it needs to carry out it humanitaria...
By Deborah Tate Washington 20 September 2007 The U.S. Senate has rejected, by a 28 to 70 vote, a Democratic-sponsored measure to withdraw troops from Iraq and cut funding for the war. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill. The measure, propose...
By Scott Stearns White House 01 May 2007 President Bush has vetoed more than $124 billion worth of funding for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because the measure includes a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. VOA White House Correspo...
By Scott Stearns Washington 08 July 2006 President Bush says the U.S. economy is strong, and he wants Congress to keep it that way by boosting funding for research into new technologies. Opposition Democrats, meanwhile, say the president's plan to c...