In Angola,Clinton said corruption undermines peoples' faith in democracy, distorts governance and prevents people from being fully involved in their societies.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

Biden condemned the announcement, saying it undermines the trust needed to restart negotiations, which have broken off for more than a year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said, "This decision to build new housing units in East Jerusalem undermines the credibility of those involved in making the peace process continue."

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"Because when American strays from our values, it not only undermines the rule of law, it alienates us from our allies, it energizes our adversaries and it endangers our national security and the lives of our troops,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"This undermines the peace process." Mitchell has been trying to work out a deal that would lead to a three-way meeting next week with U.S.President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

This is presidential historian and author Robert Dallek: "Once the public turns against a war, once it is convinced that you are embarked upon if not a losing enterprise then something that is going to produce a quagmire, it creates tremendous political difficulties for the president and it undermines his credibility, trust in his judgment and his ability to put across his domestic reforms,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09