The Clinton campaign in a statement said Trump's comment is the first time a political candidate has sought
the help of a foreign government to conduct espionage against an opponent.
Not exact matches
China's next targets: rail, roads, ports The powerful chairman
of China's $ US200 billion ($ 307 billion) sovereign wealth fund, Lou Jiwei, has met Treasurer Wayne Swan and West Australian Premier Colin Barnett to clarify rules on
foreign investment in resources and discuss whether China could
help finance the Rudd
government's infrastructure program.
Data compiled by Kenney's department shows that thousands
of companies and
government departments, federal and provincial alike, have hired
foreign help in recent years.
Fortunately, you have already conducted a significant amount
of investigation into the new market; use that information to
help your company determine how you are going to run all aspect
of your business in the new country, from dealing with
foreign government regulations, to transport, logistics, pricing, and marketing.
Meanwhile he turned to friendly
foreign governments — particularly China — to take on some
of 1MDB's power and property assets and
help the fund repay its borrowings.
The consultant, Matthew C. Freedman, who is also a former lobbyist for
foreign governments, runs his own corporate advisory firm and is treasurer
of the American Australian Council, a group that
helps promote business for American - based companies in Australia.
Bank bailouts have been aimed at protecting local institutions, as discussed earlier, and the Japanese
government is buying stocks
of Japan - based corporations to
help company balance sheets, but also giving them a competitive advantage over the subsidiaries
of foreign outfits.
The British
government diverted 1.85 million pounds ($ 3 million)
of foreign aid money to
help pay for the state visit
of Pope Benedict XVI last year, lawmakers charged Thursday.
While it maybe be true that large pools
of institutional money are better at buying political favors, influencing scientific research, and swaying
foreign governments, it has always been known and is frequently demonstrated that individuals always do better at loving and caring for other individuals, tend to be wiser stewards
of money, and view their giving and service toward others as a means
of actually
helping them, rather than a means to gain political power or popular prestige.
Finally he recited a list
of some
of the more illustrious
foreign missionaries in the Punjab — John Lowrie and William Reed, the first missionaries in 1834; Charles Forman, who founded the distinguished college which bears his name; Hervey Griswold, the missionary scholar who pioneered in Pun - jab sociology; and some
of the more recent missionary heroes, such as Ernie Campbell, who received an Indian
government citation for
helping resettle refugees; James Alter, who established a center for interreligious understanding; and Clinton Loehlin, who founded the Institute for Sikh Studies at Baring College.
Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts
of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow
government built alliances between U.S.
government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands
of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination
of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah
of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly»
governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination
of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention
of justifying a U.S. invasion
of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways
of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading
of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and
helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form
of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.
Foreign secretary David Miliband has offered British
help to an inquiry, but said Britain has no reason to doubt the Pakistani
government's account
of how Ms Bhutto died.
But neither the African governmental officials nor the private
foreign banks who made the decision to loan in the first place lose out, as European and North American
governments step in to provide further financial assistance for African countries as they begin to lapse on loan repayments: «In effect, public money from the
governments of industrialised countries -LSB-...]
helped to bail out the private creditors» (p. 33).
The
government had by this point built up large reserves
of foreign exchange to buffer against potential volatility, reduced annual inflation from 31 per cent in 2004 to 7,5 per cent a decade later, and established
of a sovereign wealth fund to
help diversify the economy.
This is what we know: the Electoral Commission is still assessing claims that potentially illegal donations were made; the information commissioner is investigating «possible illegal» use
of data; the heads
of MI6 and GCHQ have both voiced unprecedented warnings about
foreign interference in our democratic systems; the
government has refused to elaborate on what these are; one
of the leave campaigns has admitted the undeclared support and
help of the American hedge fund billionaire who backed Trump; the Crown Prosecution Service is being asked to mount a criminal investigation; and questions have been raised about possible unlawful collaboration between different elements
of the leave campaign.
Stephen Wall is one
of a handful
of superbly professional British diplomats who have served successive British
Governments and
helped Prime Ministers and
Foreign Secretaries pick their ways through this tricky terrain.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson added: «I think anybody with an ounce
of compassion would like to see spending by our
government helping these people get back on their feet and getting these British overseas territories
helped in the long term.»
To supplement Leonhardt's COER salary, photonics expert Sailing He and colleagues at COER
helped him apply to two
government programs for attracting
foreign talent: the Recruitment Program of Foreign Experts, or «Thousand Talents» plan, which offers a onetime 500,000 RMB ($ 81,642) resettlement subsidy for a minimum of 3 years of part - time work, and a program offshoot called the Guangdong Province Leading Talent grant, which brings an additional one - time subsidy of 1 million RMB plus up to 5 million RMB in research funds over 5
foreign talent: the Recruitment Program
of Foreign Experts, or «Thousand Talents» plan, which offers a onetime 500,000 RMB ($ 81,642) resettlement subsidy for a minimum of 3 years of part - time work, and a program offshoot called the Guangdong Province Leading Talent grant, which brings an additional one - time subsidy of 1 million RMB plus up to 5 million RMB in research funds over 5
Foreign Experts, or «Thousand Talents» plan, which offers a onetime 500,000 RMB ($ 81,642) resettlement subsidy for a minimum
of 3 years
of part - time work, and a program offshoot called the Guangdong Province Leading Talent grant, which brings an additional one - time subsidy
of 1 million RMB plus up to 5 million RMB in research funds over 5 years.
Probably by coincidence, writer - director Anderson, with the
help of Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Kunichi Nomura, employ themes
of topical relevance today:
government corruption,
foreign influences on
government, student protests, and issues related to animal research.
However, the
government's introduction
of student loan reimbursement programme for science and Modern
Foreign Languages (MFL) teachers may
help to reduce the number
of teachers leaving in the future.
With the
help and cooperation
of fifteen major anime production companies and manga publishers, the Japanese
government started a huge extermination operation against 580, and counting,
foreign sites which have illegally uploaded anime and manga contents on the web without the copyright holder's permission.
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of the Duty
of Fairness and What it Means for Clients», Presentation, 18th East Region Solicitors Conference 2012 • Panelist,
Government of Canada, Economic Action Plan Roundtable: «
Helping Businesses Sell to the
Government of Canada», 2011 • «A Comparison
of Canada's Proposed Consumer Product Safety Legislation (Bill C - 52) and its American Counterpart», Focus on Federal Advocacy and Policy, June 2008
Press coverage: Guardian — Lord Goldsmith got taxpayer
help for Iraq war inquiry legal advice Chilcot inquiry: Lawyers expose pressure to give green light for war Times — Lord Goldsmith to face pressure over legal U-turn on Iraq war Telegraph —
Government knew «no leg to stand on» legally to go to war in Iraq Independent — Invade and be damned:
Foreign Office lawyers say advice on legality
of war was ignored
Fortunately for these courts, they are increasingly discovering that they can
help maintain the space for domestic deliberation and strengthen the ability
of their
governments to withstand the pressure brought to bear by
foreign and local interest groups and powerful
foreign governments.
Central bank issued digital fiat currency using distributed ledger and blockchain technology is a way for
governments to protect
foreign currency reserves, reduce costs, improve the ease
of doing business and a number
of other benefits that can
help stimulate economic growth.»
The
government needs to get out
of the immediate - gratification -
of wants - for - votes - business and get back to doing what
governments are meant to do, being, to protect our persons, property (that we can afford without outside
government help) and personal rights, protect us from
foreign invasion, and provide essential services from the tax base.
The allure
of Seattle was further cemented in August 2016 when the British Columbian
government imposed a 15 - percent
foreign buyer tax in Vancouver's Lower Mainland,
helping redirect Chinese nationals south
of the border as captured by a recent news article by CBC News that claims
foreign buyers are heading to Seattle at a «frenetic» pace.