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be briefings
noun
A short and concise summary of a situation.
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Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi and the minority leader, said after the White House meeting, "There will be briefings from appropriate personnel about what has been going on, how we've done in the operations that have been under way".
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The briefing before President Bush's recent trip to Russia, Georgia and Latvia (with a brief stop in the Netherlands) was on the record, as were briefings during the trip.
The official said that meetings with Mr. Wolfowitz and Mr. Feith were briefings rather than interviews.
There had been briefings about how Britain would play a key role in eliminating the jihadist leadership.
Oliver Morton is briefings editor at the Economist, and his writing has appeared in the New Yorker and other publications.
"Gordon," the First Secretary replied in his silky smooth voice, "you will find that there are briefings, there are leaks, and then there is seepage.
Also among the documents released on Friday were briefings given to Hillary Clinton before meetings with senior congressmen on Capitol Hill to discuss the plans in 1993.
And one of the remarkable aspects of the last five years of the Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition is that leaks have been relatively rare – even if there have been briefings and counter briefings, some licensed and some less so.
When the Italian was in charge of Chelsea, there were briefings given against him in the spring of 2004, saying that he would be sacked by the owner Roman Abramovich, come what may, in the summer of that year.
And he'll be seeking briefings from Treasury.
That, again, "we are still in the investigative stage" — there would be more briefings.
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