Sentence examples for defence board from inspiring English sources

According to the Russian news agency Tass, he told a defence board meeting that the plan was to bolster the Mediterranean fleet's "combat capabilities".

The salary details, revealed in the Ministry of Defence's annual report for 2007-08, show that the salaries for Defence Board directors have risen from £1,615,000 in 2006-07 to £1,685,000 in 2007-08.

2. Graham Williams After more than 30 years with PwC, he now chairs the Defence Audit Committee and is a non-executive board member of the body, a sub-committee of the Defence Board which looks into accounting, anti-fraud policies and the management of risk.

Eight executive directors of the 10-strong Defence Board managed to rake in nearly £200,000 worth of benefits-in-kind – shorthand for the use of official cars for their own private use, not to mention living in official service residences.

Mr Fox said he wanted to see a "slimmed-down" management structure, including a smaller defence board, following a 10-month study recommending reforms to the MoD by the Defence Reform Unit (DRU) headed by Lloyd's of London chairman Lord Levene.

"I have made it clear for some time that I wanted a smaller defence board so that we take decisions in a much more coherent way, so that the alignment of the responsibility for spending and government policy are in one place but at the same time to ensure that those who are responsible for running the Armed Forces have greater freedom to do so," he told BBC Breakfast.

Richard Perle is chairman of the defence policy board, an advisory panel to the Pentagon.

Jackson says he doesn't recall the defence management board around during his time, requesting "x or y".

Outside Cranfield, he was chairman of the defence technology board at the Ministry of Defence (1986-89), chairman of the aviation committee at the Department of Trade and Industry (1986-94) and a member of the airworthiness requirements board at the Civil Aviation Authority (1990-2000).

Another frequent visitor was Newt Gingrich, the former Republican party leader who resurfaced after September 11 as a Pentagon "consultant" and a member of its unpaid defence advisory board, with influence far beyond his official title.

Richard Perle, a chief architect of the war on Iraq, resigned yesterday as chairman of the influential defence policy board following allegations that he faced a serious conflict of interest clash because of his corporate connections.