Officials opened talks with Jordan to obtain assurances that he would not be tortured if sent back.

He obtained assurances from the government army that several thousand civilians held captive in the capital would be freed soon.

He cited his firm's inability to obtain assurances from either defendent as to how they might use the name.

This includes obtaining assurance that the customer's approval number and delivery details are authentic.

Putnam took the matter up directly with the War Department and obtained assurances that the government would provide utilities.

"I think we're going to see a lot of pressure on both sides because both sides want to obtain assurances."

The auditors, the form letter goes on to state, try to obtain "reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement."

Reporters for at least three news organizations had then gone back to their sources and obtained additional assurances that convinced them the waivers were genuine.

Moscow now agrees to this, after obtaining assurances that if a nuclear version is built, the bomber carrying it will be subject to Start limits.

Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.