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

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Last year,President Obama revived a long-standing request for Saudi Arabia to move towards recognition of Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

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

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

Later,he continued his campaign to win public support for his proposed 2010 federal budget - particularly his request for billions of dollars for health care,education,and alternative energy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

A photo of a torn-up request for submissions is featured in the book.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

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

When President Obama took office in January, there were about Within weeks, he approved a Pentagon request for an additional 21,000 combat and training troops, plus support units.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

(OMITTED) Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl of Arizona announced a plan to step up border security, including a request for 3,000 National Guard troops along the Arizona-Mexico border.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Following his announcement Sunday, Abdullah had a request for his supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

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

The report comes as U.S.President Barack Obama weighs a new strategy for the eight-year war, including a request by military leaders for thousands of additional troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

President Obama and his national security team are considering a request from his new commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, for a substantial number of additional troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

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

"When the request came through for us to consider re-forming to play, we felt that the immense scale of what had happened in Victoria and the really necessary kind of giving from other quarters to help people meant that it was something we should take very,very seriously,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.14