Sentence examples for charge of defence from inspiring English sources
The penning of that document was overseen by the defence secretary, Robert Gates, who will remain in charge of defence policy under Barack Obama.
He used his power as the congressman in charge of defence appropriations to shovel piles of other people's money into his constituents' pockets.
So it is then that dictators' ministers are most likely to find themselves bundled into jail.The authors show that those most at risk are the most senior ministers, such as those in charge of defence or finance.
But he was a Government minister in charge of Defence Procurement at the time, and banned from taking hospitality which might place him under an obligation, Mr David Waters QC, prosecuting, told the court.
Ministers screech around the capital, Kinshasa, in gleaming motorcades, while the roads remain cavernous and civil servants wait longingly for their salaries.Mr Ruberwa was the vice-president in charge of defence and security, but the president, Joseph Kabila, saw to it that he wielded little of the power of his portfolio.
So far he has appointed a Texan oilman and Putin ally as secretary of state, put a retired general nicknamed Mad Dog in charge of defence, a climate change denier in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency, and chosen for his chief strategist the head of Breitbart news.
Javier Mascherano led the charge out of defence, Benayoun was again involved as he drove at the visiting defence before finding Kuyt on the right and, when the Dutch forward struck a first-time cross from the right, Torres converted at the back post.
The UN is in charge of national defence until it hands over to a locally-run defence force, but it has had no international staff in West Timor since three of its officials were murdered there in 2000.
Willie Silva was put in charge of the defence of Trincomalee harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
But when Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy prime minister, was put in charge of the defence and aerospace industry in 2012, that policy seemed to be abandoned.
Gen Nakatani, the young turk whom Mr Koizumi has put in charge of the Defence Agency, believes the government could work within these guidelines, even if the theatre of war were Afghanistan.But older heads are counselling caution.
