By Jim Malone Washington 31 January 2007 As the U.S. Senate prepares to debate President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq, it also serves as a reminder of the historical tensions that have existed between the president and Congress during

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Malaria Programs at Risk From Funding Cuts Ami Diabate, has brought her three children to a rural clinic to get the latest anti-malarial drugs. The aid agency Mdecins Sans Frontires - or Doctors Without Borders - is rolling out the pilot program acro

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A few years ago, people learned about a little-known chapter in the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan through a book and, later, a movie called Charlie Wilson's War. Wilson was a maverick Texas congressman who found ways of funding Afghan

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The United States plans to spend $600 million in coming years to propel development of renewable fuels and other new energy solutions. The funding goes along with millions that private investors are spending to find ways to cut the nation's dependen

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By Dan Robinson Washington 25 May 2007 U.S. Congressional Democrats say the passage of funding legislation for Iraq, even without setting a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal, marks a major step forward in efforts to end the war there. VOA's Dan Robinso

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By Michael Bowman Washington 27 May 2008 A private U.S.-based philanthropic group has announced it will spend more than half a billion dollars to fund groundbreaking medical research in a multitude of fields. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman rep

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As Global Deaths Decline, AIDS Research Funding Slips As the United Nations marks World AIDS Day this year (Dec. 1) it is celebrating a major milestone: a drop in the number of AIDS-related deaths around the world. But funding for continued AIDS rese

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Financial Crisis Hits NATO Funding Europes economic problems are making it even more difficult for the continents governments to fund often unpopular defense programs. That is threatening to hurt the NATO alliances efforts to upgrade its capabilities

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By Dan Robinson Washington 28 October 2009 A senior State Department official has told Congress that the United States is not lessening its support for reformers in Iran and U.S.-based organizations supporting them. Assistant Secretary of State for

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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

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Washington Week: Focus on Government Funding, Gun Violence In coming days, the U.S. Senate is expected to pass a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Total funding will be at reduced levels mandated by automatic budget cuts. On

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Small Parties Risk Big Money to Compete in S. Africa Elections JOHANNESBURG They don't have the money or the influence of the African National Congress, but a number of small parties in South Africa are hoping to have impact on policy by winning a fe

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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

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Washington is pretty quiet these days with Congress out of session. The action today is in Chicago, where the city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department. DOJ recently announced they would withhol

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This week, we've been hearing from people whose lives may change under a Donald Trump presidency. My co-host Ari Shapiro is talking with them as he drives through North Carolina and Virginia on his way to the inauguration. Today'

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By Scott Stearns White House 14 December 2007 President Bush has signed legislation to keep the US government open for another week as lawmakers continue work on a final budget deal. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Presiden

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 03 January 2007 The U.S. Congress reconvenes Thursday with the new Democratic majority vowing to push ahead immediately with their legislative agenda. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill where Republicans, who a

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 09 May 2007 Victims of tuberculosis in Liberia, as well as their doctors, are crying out for more help from their government and the international community. Funds Liberia was receiving from the Geneva-based Global Fund to fig

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By Scott Stearns Accra 20 February 2008 President Bush is in Ghana where American money is helping slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush is again pressing the Congress to double AIDS funding over t

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By Dan Robinson Washington 04 December 2007 An end-of-year battle continues between majority Democrats in Congress and President Bush over government spending and money for military operations in Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. In

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