Then just when they expected to be promoted to senior management, their advancement would halt.
The companies' boards approved the deal, which is expected to be announced today, senior executives involved in the talks said.
He is expected to be introduced to senior Republicans, including John Boehner, the Congress speaker, and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell at the banquet.
The charges, however, are not expected to be leveled against senior executives at Lehman, but rather against the accounting firm that audited the firm's financial statements.
The move, designed to bolster Nick Clegg's grip on the coalition's policy machine, is expected to be welcomed by senior Tories who see Mr Laws as an ally on the need for deficit reduction.
In an earlier minute to the Minister for Air, Arthur Drakeford, regarding post-war command prospects, Air Vice Marshal Jones had assessed Cole as having failed to display "certain of those qualities expected to be possessed by senior officers of such rank".
The strike is expected to be well supported by senior figures across Whitehall.
But with or without United Nations replacements, they were expected to be gone soon, a senior Israeli officer said.
The report by Mr. Kerr, which was submitted to Mr. McLaughlin on Thursday, is not expected to be made public, a senior intelligence official said.
Dennis B. Ross, the longtime Middle East peace negotiator who is expected to be named to a senior post handling Iran, has long argued that the United States must persuade America's European allies to increase economic pressure against Iran.
