2014 Event U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urges Congress to increase the debt ceiling because the U.S government debt is expected to hit $17.2 trillion soon 2012 Event Ban Ki-moon, U.N. Secretary-General, urges countries to work together to reach an agreement to control international arms sales; no agreement is reached 2012 Event A letter written by Manal al Sharif, and signed by hundreds, urges Saudi King Abdullah to give women the right to drive 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy law whereby those who insult the Prophet Muhammed receive the death penalty 2010 Event President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects Iran's successful family planning program and urges young Iranian girls to marry at age 16 2009 Event President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, urges his armed forces to prepare for a possible war with Columbia 2009 Event U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume as soon as possible 1990 Event Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West 1983 Event AMA urges ban on boxing, sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition 1982 Event General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence 1982 Event Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace 1958 Event U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same 1957 Event New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes 1951 Event South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated 1948 Event President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program 1942 Event Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans 1940 Event Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" 1933 Event Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season 1919 Event Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1865 Event Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction 1461 Event Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
