Sentences with phrase «military spending by»

Though the United States hopes to cut military spending by becoming more efficient, the military still wants to accomplish its goals.

To put the Ceres figure of $ 1 trillion per year in perspective, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2013, total military spending by the nations of the world in 2012 was 1.75 trillion dollars, with just the top six spenders accounting for more than 1 trillion of that.

Funny, how do you think Mitt will cut the defecit as he stated he will cut taxes by 5 trillion dollars and increase military spending by 2 trillion over 4 years?

When military spending by U.S. allies is excluded, the United States is spending nearly twice as much on «defense» as the rest of the world combined.

Paul's budget cuts spending for basic (not relating to current military operations) military spending by 50 billion dollars and cuts a further 20 billion for military modernization.

The deal would raise spending caps by about $ 300 billion over two years and bump the limit on military spending by $ 80 billion in the current year and $ 85 billion in the next year.

Norway has increased military spending by 9.4 % for 2016.

Not exact matches

«A large debt also can compromise a country's national security by constraining military spending in times of international crisis or by limiting its ability to prepare for such a crisis.»

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

To determine the economic health of the 30 OECD countries, Canadian Business ranked them by 12 categories: demographics, GDP, trade, prices, energy, life quality, government finance, labour, technology, education, environment and military spending.

The RAND report estimated that if transition - related services were extended to active - duty personnel, the military's healthcare costs would increase by between $ 2.4 million and $ 8.4 million a year — at most a 0.13 % increase over the $ 6.2 billion the Defense Department spent on healthcare for active - duty personnel.

President Donald Trump has said he plans to pay for billions of dollars more for the military by cutting spending on domestic agencies and departments.

According to 2016 estimates gathered by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the United States was responsible for 36 % of the entire world's military spending.

After spending the last four years largely defined by military service, it wasn't that easy to just let go of it, but there's nothing wrong with toning it down.

While gutting our revenue by $ 60 billion over five years, Harper laid out a plan to spend $ 490 billion (in addition to the annual defence budget) over 20 years to build up the Canadian military.

Russian military spending fell by a fifth last year, its first decline in nearly two decades, with tighter purse - strings likely to affect Moscow's military activity...

The U.S. economy itself pumps «savings» into foreign central banks by spending abroad on military bases.

Yet most discussions treat the balance of payments and exchange rates as if they were determined purely by commodity trade and «purchasing power parity,» not by the financial flows and military spending that actually dominate the balance of payments.

Believe it or not, the government's annual payments on interest alone, made even more burdensome by rising rates, are expected to exceed what it spends on the military by 2023.

In the late 1970s he coped with the U.S. balance - of - payments deficit (stemming mainly from overseas military spending) and consequent the inflationary pressures by raising interest rates to 20 %, thereby plunging stock market and real estate prices.

The IMF for its part vetoed cutbacks in Greek military spending (far above the 2 % of GDP demanded by NATO), despite even the European Central Bank (ECB) and German Chancellor Merkel agreeing to this.

NATO is expected to spend more on defense and increase its military presence in Afghanistan by «a few thousand more troops,» said the alliance's chief, insisting that the coalition troops will not participate in combat operations.

Nick Phillips, who spent seven years in the Army, was brought aboard by 10 - year Army veteran Dana Harp, his supervisor in the military.

By focusing on trade and labor, he implies that the dollar is weakening only because of the trade deficit, not because of military spending and capital flight.

And that doesn't even factor in the economic activity generated by a $ 61 billion hike in military spending — 14 new Navy ships, 90 airplanes, dozens of helicopters, and pay raises for all military personnel.

The concern is tax dollars being spent to support a recruitment drive by one specific religious group on a military installation.

By the time of the Maccabees, for example, the practice of keeping the Sabbath was so central to Judaism that, according to Josephus, the Romans had to exempt the Jews from military service because they were useless as soldiers on the Sabbath.12 Seneca could not understand the Sabbath exercise and chided the Jews for spending every seventh day of their lives in idleness.13

Two months before the presidential election of 2000, the PNAC unipolarists issued a position paper titled «Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century» that spelled out the particulars of a global empire strategy: repudiate the ABM treaty, build a global missile defense system, increase defense spending by $ 20 billion per year to 3.8 percent of gross domestic product, and reinvent the U.S. military to meet expanded obligations throughout the world.

Biggest Idea: Shane Claiborne with «Give to Uncle Sam What is Uncle Sam's» «Imagine what would happen if a massive popular movement of ordinary Americans decided to voice their concern about military spending — by withholding $ 10.40 from their 1040 tax forms this year?

A nation that spends billions on sophisticated military hardware and computerized weapons only to be rendered impotent by a mob of poor, screaming Islamic students ought to appreciate the irony of how powerless the powerful can be.

We have heard already considerable discussion of a 1990s «peace dividend,» a diversion of spending from military needs to social concerns made possible by the radical diminution of the Soviet threat.

There's nothing to gain for Russia by starting a war in Europe, and any fearmongering of them planning to do so is always, inevitable, by someone who profits from higher military spending.

After the Vietnam War, Ronald Reagan adopted a policy of high levels of military spending to force the USSR to match this spending on the premise that the U.S. had an economy more capable of engaging in this defense spending without collapsing than the Soviets, a concept many considered historically vindicated when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989, following in close succession by the splintering of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, and the unification of Germany.

In times of financial austerity, military spending is constrained by the willingness of a society to pay for its security and interests.

By your numbers, the United Kingdom is second in military spending in that group, but they only have 248,250...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spent nearly $ 1 million on seven military aircraft trips between the spring and fall of 2017, according to documents gathered by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military — industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science - based public policy by what he called a «scientific - technological elite».

«Would you accept that the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion was largely due to your failure to ensure: (1) that system was in place to ensure a transparent and accountable spending of budget for military operations in strict accordance with the standards of international law including the UN Convention against Corruption; (2) that any such system was operating in a continuous and effective manner; and (3) that violations of the standards were punished when detected by that system?

It follows Afghan president Hamid Karzai's pledge at yesterday's Kabul conference that Afghan security forces would lead military operations across the country by 2014, in return for control over half of all aid money spent in Afghanistan.

by David Greene More than 350 volunteers spent the last two weekends at the Woodlawn Cemetery, placing American flags at the graves of members of the U.S. military in honor of Memorial Day.

Posted by: shrink2 March ------------------------------------ Other prices we will pay: less military spending and less education spending, by government.

Sizable amounts were also spent by agencies such as the Division of Homeland Security, Division of Military & Naval Affairs and Department of Health for trips that could have feasibly involved «the protection of public health, welfare and safety.»

In 1893, for example, the $ 165 million spent on military pensions was the largest single expenditure ever made by the federal government.

By giving young people a stake in a better future, aid can help us avoid crises before they explode into violence, undermining economic activity and requiring immense military spending.

Drum, whose economy is dominated by the ripple effects of military postings and spending; and Kingston, where healthcare, banking and tourism are large employers.

Last year it spent 3.6 % of its GDP on defence, the highest ratio of any NATO member (and the highest total military budget in the world by a hefty margin).

Trump made his case for a massive boost in defense spending by rallying shipbuilders and sailors aboard a next - generation naval aircraft carrier to get behind a «great rebuilding of our military might.»

a Republican member of Congress mentioned that the military pay act, passed by Congress and signed by President Obama at the beginning of the shutdown, is actually a huge percentage of the government's discretionary spending in any given year.

Attended by a good number of media, industry, academia and military representatives, the conference was also notable in that it not only looked at Raytheon's wares (see below)-- but also facilitated high - level debate on the coming Strategic Defence & Security Review (SDSR) in 2015, UK defence in general and C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) spending priorities.

On Wednesday, Schumer, a Democrat and the Senate Minority Leader, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, announced a two - year budget agreement that increases military and non-defense spending by $ 300 billion over the next two years and includes more than $ 80 billion in disaster relief.