Sentence examples for briefings if from inspiring English sources

"We see no reason why the prime minister's spokesperson should not continue to speak at the lobby briefings if they were broadcast," says Fowl-up's committee.

Despite the concession, some panel members said they still wanted to subpoena the original briefings, if only as a protest over what they considered the failure of the White House to cooperate with the commission.

On the surface, a "GMC-style", industry-run scheme that bans journalists from all press events and briefings if they misbehave seems a great way to help restore faith in newspapers.

Asked about the invitation, Cameron's official spokesman would only say that the prime minister had been clear in public that all privy counsellors were entitled to security briefings if they asked for them.

The White House agreement on Tuesday to allow the notes to be shared with all 10 members was made after intensive negotiations with the commission and after several members suggested that they were willing to vote to subpoena the original intelligence briefings if the White House did not relent on the notes.

Other questions include the type of briefings, if we have them.

At the Pentagon, members of Ms. Clarke's staff marveled at the way the analysts seamlessly incorporated material from talking points and briefings as if it was their own.

The Liberal Democrats' foreign affairs spokesman, Sir Menzies Campbell, expressed concerns about the US briefings, saying: "If this leak is accurate, then it puts into very sharp relief the behaviour towards detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison".

The embattled president was shown on state TV visiting an army operations centre, listening to briefings as if directing a battle and flanked by his new deputy, Omar Suleiman, and defence minister, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.

If factually accurate, as appears to be the case, the problem for the Met with these stories was that it was bound to raise suspicions by the Portuguese police about off-the-record briefings (even if that was not the case).

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