Mr.Obama also endorsed Geithner's request for power to seize financial institutions other than banks when they fail.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

And the local courts have refused a request for a referendum from the opponents.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

General Craddock said NATO nations have not even filled the commander's request for four battalions to be temporarily deployed to help secure the Afghan presidential election in August.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

But Wednesday,the U.S.Senate joined the House in refusing the president's request for $80 million to close Guantanamo, saying he must first come up with a concrete plan to deal with the remaining 240 detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

"At least the question that should be put to Congress is not about troop levels and I do not think Congress right now would be very receptive, the majority of Congress, to a request for more troops,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The request for the halt to returning prisoners through Juarez originated with Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz after officials there noticed that many homicides in the city were related to gangs that operate across the border and that ten percent of the city's murder victims had been deported from the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

And Twitter, at the request of the State Department, delayed a planned shutdown of its service for maintenance.

VOA: special.2009.06.20

Athnaise was not prepared for his calm request.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

The money was for a special request.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

A senior U.S.administration official said the American side did not request a meeting with Iran and was not asked for one either.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

In his request to Congress for more funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, President Obama had also asked Congress for $80 million to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Morrell said the general's request will contain further analysis and a range of force level options for the president to consider, along with a statement of the risks of each option.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The general has not made a specific troop request, but experts say he could ask for as many as 40,000,maybe more, on top of the doubling of U.S.troop strength to 68,000 in the past year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

And I also request the United Nations to give guarantees for our own personal integrity, as well as the lives of the people who are being attacked with chemical gases, with electronic interference at this diplomatic site of the sister Republic of Brazil."

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

After returning from a trip to Afghanistan, Senator Daniel Inouye, who heads the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, issued a statement this week appearing to support the request by General McChrystal for more troops, although Inouye said more discussion would be needed before any final decision on troop levels is made.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15