Not exact matches
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.
And by partnering with start - ups moving quickly in fields that have commercial and
military applications, such as autonomous technology and cybersecurity, defense contractors gain access to promising new technology that it can turn around and offer to their own customers: the Pentagon and
other government agencies.
He also pointed out that in addition to the
military aspect of US operations in the country,
other parts of the US
government like the State Department and USAID are also active in reconciliation efforts, recovering water access, and rebuilding the power grids in destroyed towns and cities.
I started a
government - contracting consulting firm, Integrated Finance and Accounting Solutions, which services
military and
other government institutions and assists them in federal financial management in the areas of internal audits, internal controls, budgeting and accounting processes.
Although the changes fell short of that, Trump ordered
government agencies to revise regulations on travel and business to prohibit any transactions with hotels, restaurants, stores and
other companies tied to the large tourism and business operations of the Cuban
military.
Additionally, the memo says, Colombia needs a political ambassador with a «wider world view who can use the Colombia assistance we rendered to push [its
government] to aid us with training, experience - sharing and the posting of seasoned policy and
military officers with
other nations (e.g. Mexico, Afghanistan) facing similar narco - terrorism threats.»
Among the many scheduled American participants were the political advisor to the head of the U.S. Northern Command, the president for the Americas of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the senior director for the Western Hemisphere of the American National Security Council, the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Carla Hills (who was the primary U.S. NAFTA negotiator), the senior United States Air Force
military assistant to the then secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many
other top business,
government and
military officials, plus representatives of similar groups from Mexico.
But the international sector involves not only export and import trade and
other current account items (emigrants» remittances, and above all,
military spending) but also foreign investment and income — and foreign central bank reserves held in U.S. Treasury and
other securities, that is, loans to the U.S.
Government.
The U.S. media somehow neglect to mention that the U.S.
Government is spending hundreds of billions of dollars abroad not only in the Near East for direct combat, but to build enormous
military bases to encircle the rest of the world, to install radar systems, guided missile systems and
other forms of
military coercion, including the color revolutions that have been funded and are still being funded all around the former Soviet Union.
Home to the National Center for Simulation, the University of Central Florida Institute for Simulation and Training, all branches of the
military and 10
other government agencies concentrated on simulation R&D through Team Orlando, the Florida High Tech Corridor is a veritable hub for this field.
In addition to offering loan forgiveness and repayment for
military service, the
government has
other programs to help you repay your nursing school debt.
The United States
Government spends billions of dollars every year awarding different types of contracts to meet the needs of the US military and other gov
Government spends billions of dollars every year awarding different types of contracts to meet the needs of the US
military and
other governmentgovernment...
Public service employment includes work with the
government, nonprofit organizations,
military service, Peace Corps and
other public service organizations.
If Senate - approved treaties affirm our respect for the sovereignty of
other nations, we can not permit our
government's undercover agents to mount attacks —
military or verbal — that threaten the right to self - determination; no matter how misguided we may judge
other nations to be.
Stimulated by IT&T and
other U.S. multinationals, the U.S.
government first tried to prevent the election of Salvador Allende (a Marxist), and then financially underwrote the terrorists who murdered his chief
military supporter.
Also
government officials murder people in this country, by cops and in
other countries by
military that we are forced to support or go to jail for not paying taxes.
Despotic capitalism, on the
other hand, is characterized by control of the
government by an individual or a relatively small group such as
military junta, an aristocracy or elite class, or a minority political party.
The new directors of the CIA, its main internal branches, the National Security Agency, and many
other key organs of the «defense establishment» are now
military (or ex-
military) officers, strongly suggesting that the
military does not need to take over the
government in order to control it.
A grass - roots movement to abolish secret
government, to bring the CIA and
other illegal spying operations and private armies out of the closet of imperial power and into the light, to break the hold of the
military - industrial complex, and to establish genuine public financing of elections may be at least theoretically conceivable.
But the history of the voting privilege in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power of mass movements, economic pressures, and the Federal
Government with its
military force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective of love to concrete issues of social strategy and political power, justice is accomplished by a confluence of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by love, but which must have
other sources.
In July 2017, a new bill co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of four lawmakers was introduced «to ensure effective implementation of the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008» and «to prohibit assistance from being provided to, or licenses for direct commercial sales of
military equipment issued to, the
government of a country whose police or
other security forces recruit and use child soldiers.»
On Monday, Trump also signed executive orders revoking a trade agreement with Asia known as the Trans - Pacific Partnership and instituting a hiring freeze for federal
government posts
other than those in the
military.
The same question is then applied to
other matters: to U.S. support of Israel; to U.S. opposition to the election of Hamas in Palestine; to the history of U.S. involvement in Iran over the past century; to the invasion and reconstitution of Afghanistan; to the depiction of events in the Middle East by U.S. media; and to the
military expenditures of the U.S.
government.
To maintain domination some American officials seem willing to bribe the leaders of foreign
governments, to seduce their
military officers from national loyalties, to make whole nations dependent on our low - cost food, to spy out the deepest political secrets, and to treat
other nations like American provinces that we may invade when they become too independent.
But the 2004 Taguba Report on the Abu Ghraib abuses found «that contrary to the provision of AR 190 - 8, and the findings found in MG Ryder's Report,
Military Intelligence (MI) interrogators and
Other US
Government Agency's (OGA) interrogators actively requested that MP guards set physical and mental conditions for favorable interrogation of witnesses» and that this request was part of what led to the abuses by the reservist MP unit at the prison.
Sentry is an organization based out of the Enough Project and Not on Our Watch and its mission is to «disrupt and dismantle the networks of
military officers,
government officials, businessmen, arms dealers, bankers and
other enablers who benefit financially and politically from Africa's deadliest conflicts,» according to its website.
Military personnel,
government officials, police officers, doctors, and nurses are just a few of the people who help
others during acts of war and terrorism.
If the Israel
government confirms its involvement in the killing of Mahmoud al - Mabhouh, a founder of Hamas»
military wing, it could trigger a diplomatic row between the country and the UK, as well as the
other European states whose passports were used: Ireland, Germany and France.
They have varying reasons to want
military aid (some more valid than
others) in different circumstances, but they all exert political push on the
government
Also, even those who take this view have also taken the view that what is prohibited is direct
military intervention and that provision of weapons and
other military supplies to a
government is not prohibited during a civil war.
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with
others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the
Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with
others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.
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Other prices we will pay: less
military spending and less education spending, by
government.
«For the avoidance of doubt, the ROE and Code of Conduct set out the circumstances and limitations, under which armed force may be applied to achieve
military objectives in furtherance of
government policy within Operation MESA and
other IS Operations.»
He was arrested in dramatic fashion Tuesday afternoon at the International Press Centre where the party in collaboration with
other individuals was planning a mammoth demonstration against
government for ratifying the controversial Ghana - US
Military Cooperation agreement.
Or conceivably, the Russian
government could have lost control of a
military - grade nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of
others.
I wonder whether (and how much) of that $ 500M is stuff like ads to join the
military, or ads to use this or that
government program, or anti-drug or
other policy campaigns?
Trump's first budget for the federal
government is a blueprint that would make deep cuts in the Environmental Protection Agency and
other domestic programs while significantly increasing spending on the
military.
In general, there is a divide between the
military and civilian parts of Pakistan's
government and this divide plays an important role in its politics (which is also true of many
other countries that are relatively newly democratic such as Turkey and Egypt).
The demonstrators, who were clad in red held placards such as «Say no to
military base», «Ghana not for sale», «Incompetent
government, incompetent agreement», «Our future is at stake» among
others.
As a veteran i find the cutting of some
military veterans» pension benefits bothersome, especially since
other government workers escaped unscathed ----------------- — Unscathed?
On People's Democratic Party (PDP) allegation that the rescued Dapchi girls was an arrangement, Bello said, «I think Nigerians are happy with Mr. President for the good job that he is doing for being proactive and for the quick response by the
military and
other security agencies in rescuing our Dapchi girls, I think it is a good job that they have done and I really congratulate Mr. President, I congratulate the APC, I congratulate the
government and good people of Yobe State, I congratulate the girls and their parents and I congratulate Nigerians.»
The chief of air staff said Federal
Government and the
military were committed to addressing current security challenges in the middle belt and in
other parts of the country.
«We are speaking here of a development that implicates not only products, beneficiaries or would - be constitutional guardians of the electoral process — that is, an elected governor, a governorship aspirant, but also state agencies — the
military, two serving ministers — that is, members of the Executive arm of
government, one of them in charge of the nation's defence portfolio — and
others.
Instead, it has encouraged the President to fall back on
military tactics, which are antithetical to democracy and the result is resistance from the
other arms of
government and critical stakeholders.
George Osborne has made it clear the
government will only call a vote on UK
military intervention in Syria when it is «confident» it has enough support to win the vote but uncertainty surrounds how MPs from
other party's may vote.
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, worldwide on Sunday condemned the continued denial of the killing of its members by the Nigerian
government,
military and
other...
Dr. Daniel Ellsberg is an American activist and former United States
military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top - secret Pentagon study of U.S.
government decision - making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and
other newspapers.
The
military practically abolished Nigeria's federal system in favour of a unitary, distributive economy in which we all shared proceeds of oil; they created more and more states eroding sub-national economic viability; they nationalized and indigenized banks and declared that
government would hold the «commanding heights» of our economy, marginalizing investment and the private sector brought in «big
government»; they implemented «Udoji awards» and
other elements of oil and FX subsidies that Nigeria battles to overcome today; and the about - to - depart
government of Murtala / Obasanjo took the first $ 1billion jumbo loan that set Nigeria on the path to debt peonage!
From a Santa Barbara, Calif., speech, in late June: «Every year, the federal
government buys upward of 60,000 cars and
other vehicles, not including
military or law enforcement vehicles.
This phenomenon appears too precise to have been caused by the Syrian Arab Republic
Government's
military forces, and while it is well known that the United States and
other partner air forces have the ability to deliver munitions with high precision, the destroyed sites are all cultural sites located within the UNESCO Tentative World Heritage site boundary, according to the report.