This would also allow conservative politicians the political protection of calling this defense spending.
Thanks to this arrangement, Tehran has obtained political protection, non-Western revenue streams and sources of advanced weaponry.
Analysts, however, remain skeptical, citing corruption and patronage networks that they say enjoy a degree of political protection.
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They offer important negotiating strength and political protection for teachers, and without them the forces of the budget hawks would likely wreak havoc on the profession.
As a significant participant in the international community with a veto in the Security Council of the United Nations, it can provide limited political protection to embattled regimes.
To the contrary, all the evidence suggests otherwise: Vladimir Putin is enabling that Iranian threat, with nuclear technology, anti-aircraft defenses and political protection against any effective international sanctions on Tehran.
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Yet some officials remain concerned that Gill apparently enjoys the political protection of Norquist, the architect of the 1994 Republican election sweep that brought Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich to power as House speaker.
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Those who have come such as the family of U.S.-based Palestinian businessman Hani al-Masri have cushioned their investments with hefty doses of political protection, by putting family members in Mr. Arafat's Cabinet and arranging for U.S. taxpayer-funded guarantees through the Overseas Private Investment Corp.
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The film industry didn't grow as it has without political favour and protection and movie stars have been campaigning both for and against Mr. Schwarzenegger whose sheer level of fame has dominated the ballot.
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Regulations never deter business error, rather they result from businesses seeking protection through political pull.
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Similarly, banking supervisors do indeed need more protection from political meddling, while shareholders and others would benefit from greater disclosure of financial information.
Mr Miller's status as a candidate, no matter how ridiculous, puts the ads under the protection of political speech, the highest level of the First Amendment.
As they grow they use their political power to keep their protection intact.
The former MP, Martin Bell, told the BBC he thought the separation would provide Ms Jowell with "some degree of protection" from the political furore.
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While the Soviet intelligentsia has benefited from freer expression under glasnost, the proposed economic restructuring involves significant dislocations (factory closings, job loss, price rises, etc.) against which ordinary Soviet citizens (absent property rights or leverage as recognized political opposition) have no legal protection.
And why is that scientist seeking protection from being prosecuted for political activity?
Second, a strong shareholder-protection policy should limit corporate political spending.
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Those who risk their lives serving the nation must be confident that the people sending them into harm's way will not make personal or political gain a bigger priority than the protection of the mission's integrity.
His political leverage comes from his famous "taxpayer protection pledge, " which asks politicians to promise they won't raise taxes.
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And it is the best protection against corruption, cronyism and political short-termism.
Mr Ackerman also glosses over the fact that vigorous protection of civil liberties is a political issue as much as a legal one.
More than two years ago President Barack Obama won a celebrated political victory with passage of the misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Political considerations always influence decisions that lead to protection.
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In a country where political assassinations are rife, the party needs army protection.
The State Department report represents the first brick being violently yanked from the wall of protection presidential staffers of all political stripes seemingly cannot resist constructing.
Members of the Senate Banking Committee have been considering a deal that would establish a consumer protection division--headed by a political appointee--within the Federal Reserve.
Ocean protection requires stronger legal, scientific and political cooperation among nations.
Calpers' review in February looked at a range of issues, including labour practices, political risk, market volatility and regulation, and investor protection.
The Danes say that an Iraqi, previously given political asylum in Denmark, and therefore under Danish consular protection, is indeed in jail in Moscow after being detained on suspicion of helping the Chechen rebels.
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