This would also be applied to all future retired officials, thereby saving additional taxpayer funds.

As a retired official, the extent of his influence is unknown.

The greatest potential terrorist threat in Guatemala today comes from military and retired military officials.

One retired official said an agent told him, "It was tough going home to my kids."

But many active-duty and retired military officials have expressed concern that few people are being held responsible for the accident.

According to a retired official, he also hopes to identify loyal, promising officials for future leadership positions.

The government has declined to grant him the breaks on rent and city services accorded other retired officials.

"The bankruptcy was bogus," said a retired official of the mill.

Her mother is a retired official of a retail clerks' union in Jyvaskyla.

As the system worked last year, the replay official in most cases was a retired official.