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Connie then goes on to tell the e-mail recipients, who identified themselves to Obama's political operation as «seniors,» that «President Obama's plan for health insurance is good for seniors» and lists five major reasons to justify her claim.

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As it grew, the site produced a host of political reporters and editors who have gone on to positions of authority at other media outlets including Ben Smith, the one - time Politico blogger who joined BuzzFeed and now runs its entire editorial operation.

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.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Oil sands players, as well as U.S. producers in North Dakota, have been clamouring for pipeline approvals, claiming that all of the political foot dragging around pipeline projects weakened pricing power and critically hampered their operations.

The revelation that Facebook data on as many as 50 million users appears to have made its way into a political data operation with no consent from users is Facebook's burden to bear alone.

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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

In Canada, human rights remain an embedded principle of Canadian law and governance, embracing both civil / political dimensions and economic / social / cultural dimensions of human rights as indispensable to the operation of our political and legal systems.

Stocks with operations in South Africa, including Old Mutual PLC, Evraz PLC, Anglo American and Mondi Plc, jumped as the departure of Zuma was seen to end political uncertainty and pave the way for an economic recovery in the country.

«In the United States, «Comsat» — the Communications Satellite Corporation — Is planning the first launching of a commercial - type communication satellite in 1966, and the company expects its initial system with global capacity to be in operation by 1967..., The establishment of such a system would, however, also have important legal and political aspects, such as the participation of governments in the ownership, use and management of the satellite system.

We may observe the liberation process (in the broad sense) as the aftermath of the decolonization process mainly after the Second World War, which is still in operation, not only in the socio - political and economic fields, but also in the cultural field.

Not only that, the federal RFRA does not protect against state laws that infringe upon religious liberty, and state religious protections are now vociferously opposed by progressive political adherents and large corporations — as Indiana discovered recently when it was threatened with economic ruin for attempting to pass an RFRA that extended to the operation of businesses.

This very well could lead to a revised evaluation of Deutsch's political theory as well as provide for that theory a positive environment through which its implications and operations can be both refined and amplified.

With Daley perceiving the Park District as a political liability, the pressure has grown for change - in the budget, in parks operations and even in leadership, with General Supt. Robert Penn «s job seemingly on shaky ground.

Second, my analysis will focus on the Operação Lava Jato («Car Wash Operation»), arguably the immediate cause of the current political crisis, and will not address the ties between the media and the economic crisis — a dimension to the crisis which is at least as important as the political.

Corbyn's office is strengthening its political network as well as the spin operation, spotting the perilous traps ahead including Trident.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that data is the underlying story behind his campaign's grassroots outreach, much as outside observers often like to focus on Facebook, Twitter and the other social tools that essentially every political operation now uses.

The DSCC has been slowly remaking itself as Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson settles ever more comfortably into spearheading the majority's political operation — a job once performed by Senate President Malcolm Smith.

In the meantime, my friend and I could only empathize with the online activists in this particular community, who get to watch as other people assemble modern political operations and wonder why they can't do the same.

As Stalin said, «quantity has a quality all its own,» and the DSCC is assembling what has to be an unprecedented political operation outside of a race for president.

As Operation Odyssey Dawn gets underway, political leaders within the coalition continue to articulate their reasons for resorting to force.

So the Wisconsin recall election was expensive, it involved campaigns heavily dependent on outside allies and grassroots help as they mixed and matched old and new forms of political communication, and it saw various internet tools used both to promote each candidate's message online, but also as integral to more back - end operations rarely visible from the outside.

Political operations interested in turning casual site visitors into passionate supporters can look to them as a model.

On February 1 Politico's Mike Allen reported that «Obama's political operation is quietly using the afterglow of his State of the Union address to begin activating grassroots supporters as the start of a continuous wave of engagement that will culminate when he stands for reelection on Nov. 6, 2012.»

Their 2004 microtargeting turnout operation is still lauded by political professionals as both innovative and successful.

«If the governor is going to hire people for his political operation, he should be much more transparent and not bury them in corners of state government so as to avoid scrutiny,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the government reform group Citizens Union, which is currently in litigation with the Cuomo administration over a 2016 nonprofit lobbying law.

Haggerty was recently hired by GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino to serve as his political director, handling convention operations and petitioning.

The rapid expansion of RT's operations and budget and recent candid statements by RT's leadership point to the channel's importance to the Kremlin as a messaging tool and indicate a Kremlin - directed campaign to undermine faith in the US Government and fuel political protest.

Paladino spokesman Michael Caputo said Haggerty has joined the campaign as the political director and will be responsible for convention operations and petitioning.

Once he admits to being a covert unlawful Government agent, I have discharged my burden that he has always been one and the onus does not lie on me to prove that in the particular case of the judicial corruption undercover operations he was not acting as an agent for the Government in spite of foot notes 16 and 17 of my article on judicial and political corruption.

She further revealed that «political party primaries were treated as a private commercial project by the Deputy Chair Operation with funds paid directly into the personal accounts of key staff for functions to be performed for party primaries»

Yet the president does not completely understand his role as a principal, Republicans say, and his political operation does not have enough sway with him to make him fully grasp that he is the leader of the Republican Party.

David Cameron has appointed Boris Johnson's brother Jo as his head of a new Conservative parliamentary policy advisory board in a re-organisation of the party's political operation.

Mr. Cuomo, who once ran the political operation of his father, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, is known as an inveterate player of political chess who relishes moving pieces around to create hypothetical scenarios and matchups.

Outlining the tasks ahead, Prof Yakubu said: «As we move towards the 2019 General Elections, changes will be taking place in the political process that will directly affect electoral operations.

As a 20 - year - old, Schultz received his first glimpse of a political communications operation — learning from Howard Wolfson, Clinton's chief political strategist and a well - known figure in New York Democratic politics.

Espada, a Democrat who serves as not - for - profit Soundview's president and CEO, is alleged to have diverted charitable assets, using the money for himself, his family, friends and political operation «This is a witch hunt by the prince of darkness himself,» Espada told Scotto.

2008, then worked on Obama for America starting as a field organizer, then director of operations for the Texas State Convention team, and in the Fall as deputy political director on the Florida Campaign for Change.

The creation of the regulations was cited among ESPA's main accomplishments as the venerable LGBT rights group moved to wind down its operations this year, though it retains its political action committee.

Before entering the political field, Hyers served in the U.S. Army, 1993 - 98; as a Military Police soldier; he was stationed in Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor.

Tkaczyk's victory two years ago was attributed in part to a concerted effort by organizations backing the public financing of political campaigns, which launched a paid advertising effort as well as field operation on her behalf.

Decisions over which country would command the operation would be made at the time as part of the political decision to deploy, he added.

While House Speaker Paul Ryan says he has no intention of becoming the GOP nominee this year, he is deep into a parallel national operation to counter Trump and help House and Senate candidates navigate the political headwinds that the frontrunner would generate as the party's standard - bearer — or, for that matter, Sen. Ted Cruz, who is only slightly more popular.

House Speaker Paul Ryan's political operation sent a cease - and - desist letter to a group that is trying to draft him as a Republican presidential candidate, urging it to halt its activities and warning of legal risk.

Gianaris, the leader of the Democrats» political and fundraising operation, wouldn't say however whether Skelos could play a role in next year's legislative races, or if he believes the Long Island district Skelos represents is now competitive as he fights federal corruption charges.

Angle insists he never envisioned Lone Star as «a huge political operation,» and its small size certainly creates a David vs. Goliath struggle against the Texas Republican Party, whose officials control every statewide office and 22 of the state's 32 congressional districts.

For Democrats, Jon Vogel will leave his position as political director at the DCCC to head up the IE operation.

Prior to joining the NRCC, Forti spent five years as the director of political media operations for Wilson - Grand Communications — a GOP media consulting shop.