Word: requests
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...turned down Dick Cheney's request for the declassification of two memos that the former Vice President claims show harsh interrogation techniques used on Al Qaeda operatives yielded valuable information that prevented terrorist attacks and saved thousands of American lives. The Agency says the memos can't be released because they are the subject of pending litigation - Amnesty International has filed a request, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), for the release of materials relating to Gitmo detainees...
...week the Treasury Department provided Chrysler $4.1 billion in debtor-in-possession financing to help it get through bankruptcy, bringing the total amount of federal 'loans' to Chrysler to more than $8.2 billion. GM, meanwhile, has received $15.4 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program and its total loan request could top $27 billion before the company completes its restructuring, a GM spokesman says. Even that figure assumes that GM's cash burn, which was running more than $3 billion per month in the first quarter, begins to slow later in the year. If the recession deepens, GM could...
...demand – such as offices serving students – new, reduced-schedule employment options are being explored and implemented. This change will better align staff hours with seasonal demands of support for students and faculty. Additionally, it will provide a more flexible work schedule, a request often voiced by employees who struggle with childcare issues in the summer months and school holiday periods...
...Obama accedes to the Senators' request, he'll be accused of covering up war crimes by the Bush Administration. If he allows the photographs to be released, he'll be "needlessly endangering the lives of our brave troops," as David Rehbein, national commander of the American Legion, put it in Friday's Wall Street Journal. Pentagon officials expect Obama will allow the pictures' release. According to the deal struck between the Pentagon and the ACLU, that should happen by May 28, just in time for Memorial...
...Other countries can also lend a hand. In addition to helping provide the Pakistani military with money, arms, advising, and artillery, the international community could help with air strikes should Pakistan request them and mobilize an international coalition of troops to put down the insurgents. With limited economic capital, the international community should not entangle itself unnecessarily in wars. But the rare request in times of crisis from the Pakistani government should not fall on deaf ears...