(Invitations to Iranian guests included an insert, in Farsi, politely requesting that they observe Islamic dress).
He said he had forwarded a copy to the authorities in Canton, requesting that they investigate.
He then sent them to see the infant Jesus, requesting that they disclose upon their return his exact location.
This, surely, is just one step up from requesting that they simply Fed-Ex the thing to her agent.
They also wrote to the Illinois state regulators, requesting that they investigate Dr. Bailey for practicing psychology without a license.
"Radio stations are reporting that listeners are calling up and requesting that they play the commercials," he said recently.
The standoff has continued since 2009, when the government first refused court orders to write to the Swiss authorities requesting that they restart the investigation.
The Supreme Court wants the government to write to prosecutors in Switzerland, requesting that they reopen an investigation into the president's finances in that country.
Today, two campaign finance watchdog organizations sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, requesting that they investigate Crossroads GPS for potentially violating federal tax laws.
It recently reached out to religious clerics in Saudi Arabia, requesting that they issue fatwas to counter the Taliban decree against vaccinations.
Mr. Tsipras recently wrote to leaders of European institutions requesting that they re-examine the terms of the Greek bailout deal signed in February.
