Sentence examples for briefings there from inspiring English sources

He goes about his business with cheery good humour, accepting that when he enters a circle of chairs at media briefings there seems to be a shuffling evacuation.

Tapper points out that the "chairs of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees just returned from Afghanistan and they say that from their briefings there, they believe that the Taliban is actually stronger now than since the surge began".

"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.

Although many White House reporters have grown increasingly frustrated with what they consider the lack of hard information that Mr. McClellan is willing to provide at briefings, there is little personal animus toward him.

That's what's so great about Bilderberg: besides the larger briefings, there are all these quiet opportunities for politicians and policymakers to be set on the straight and narrow by international bankers and corporate leaders.

After the requisite safety briefings, there's a drinks reception at which the following night's big kick-off – the Az-Amazing Evening – is revealed.

Asked whether data are fudged, another officer, who prepares his captain for the daily CompStat briefings, says, "there is no way the command can possibly beat last year's figures without doing so".

One person who attended a recent Chamber of Commerce trip to Washington returned with potentially-alarming news: during one of the briefings, apparently, there was talk that another round of base closures and consolidations may be approaching, sooner than anticipated.

Why? From the briefings I heard, there can be no doubt that the decision to contain A.W.K. has been actively debated and carefully considered — it is not an ad-hoc choice.

But at least when those briefings were over, there was a nice stream down the hill where reporters could cast for brook trout, and forget about the empty pages in their notebooks.

Whenever cable news broadcasts the regular White House press briefings these days, there's a moment you're likely to catch if you're able to maintain interest in the proceedings.