Nominations for the race to succeed David Cameron open on Wednesday when backbenchers meet to approve the timetable for the contest, which is due to produce a new prime minister by 2 September.
The Scottish parliament's business bureau - which agrees Holyrood's agenda - is expected to approve the timetable.
Mr. Gates approved the accelerated timetable in a Sept. 26 memo that also barred the Army from reaching the goal by lowering its recruiting standards or employing "stop loss," a practice of prohibiting soldiers from retiring.
The Senate ought to approve the new weapons destruction timetables and missile defense clarifications, negotiated three years ago, so that the treaty's provisions can be put into effect.
The commission approved new timetables that the companies proposed.
The panel has not set a timetable for approving the application.
Mr. Lott agreed to an accelerated timetable for approving the Homeland Security Department at the insistence of President Bush, who said last week that quick passage of the agency was now the top priority of the White House.
Last week, thousands of Mr. Morales's supporters, some wielding dynamite sticks and shotguns, marched toward Santa Cruz to press leaders here to sign an agreement on a timetable for approving the new constitution.
I wonder what women's lives would look like if we unhitched ourselves from the approved timetable and followed our inner desires rather than conventional expectations.
The approved timetable for women's lives was crafted with our subjugation in mind: we are to be good girls and study hard, stay out of trouble, get jobs and pay our own way despite being paid less than men for the same work.
