The people can see through all the American promises and lies.

But on a day to celebrate the American promise, we might also turn to anecdotes of another kind.

Is this not the American promise - freedom to enjoy life as the fruit of honest labor?

The driving factor was the American promise to hold the vote in January 2005.

The American promise was coming true, at least one tiny bit of it.

American promises of support are too modest compared with the nation's growing needs.

I ask my Kurdish friends not to place too much trust in American promises.

Everyone with his or her vision of the American promise.

Exactly how many will choose to head home with a temporary American promise of protection remains anyone's guess.