There is no reason why the United States cannot address legitimate safety issues and comply with its treaty obligations at the same time.
Unfortunately, until now, Russia has played a cagey game -- calling for Iran to abide by its international obligations at the same time that Moscow has promised to complete the Bushehr nuclear reactor and completed a new arms agreement with Tehran.
Indeed, in a given situation, it may be possible to fulfill an active obligation in its deadline but given that there are other active obligations, at the same time it is not possible to fulfill them together without violating one of them.
They walked away from their headquarters when they couldn't afford it anymore, all the while spokesmen for the Mortgage Bankers Association were telling homeowners they had to keep paying their mortgage because think of what the impression they would give to their children if they walked out on their obligations, while they were walking out on their own obligations at the same time.
Plan A involved providing Athens with a bridging loan so that it could continue to meet its debt obligations, while at the same time insisting on draconian steps to cut Greece's budget deficit.
Relative to pension obligations discounted at the same rate, we find that unfunded retiree health care liabilities are ½ the size of unfunded pension obligations.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a Republican, added, "It would be an embarrassment for the United States of America to default on its obligations".. "At the same time, there's got to be a recognition that Congress and the presidents have over-spent and over-promised now for 30 or 40 years.
Sorry about radio silence — too many personal and professional obligations fell in at the same time.
In the short term the burden of taxation would rise as existing pension obligations are met at the same time as the new funded system is built up.
Bradley notes that it seems reasonable to say that we will not realize ourselves if we fail to develop our talents and abilities and he even feels some temptation to call this a moral obligation or at least an obligation of some sort while at the same time admitting that there are spheres of activity that are or should be free of obligation, where we are left to our own devices.
