Sentence examples for defence panel from inspiring English sources
Other panellists criticise the review for saying little about peace-enforcing work, for which American troops have had little experience and may need training.It is not yet clear whether the national defence panel will come up with a coherent enough view to make a big impact on America's defence policy.
They expect next month's report from a "national defence panel" to reinforce their view that both the QDR and the task-force were too timid.The QDR assumed that defence budgets will not rise beyond their current level ($268 billion in fiscal 1998) but argued that, in order to replace ageing equipment, procurement funds should rise from about $45 billion a year to $60 billion.
"We cannot just ignore the real world, retreat into America and pop out again in a few years," says one of the QDR's authors.Since a conservative QDR was predictable, Congress commissioned a national defence panel to report on it in December.
David Mitchell has leapt to the defence of TV panel shows, which have been much maligned of late, notably by Fast Show creator Charlie Higson.
In TV news, we find Jimmy Carr leaping to the defence of BBC panel show Mock the Week, after it was traduced recently by Geordie extemporiser Ross Noble.
He could choose the military-dominated Council for Defence and National Security a panel created by President Leghari just before Mr Sharif's election, which is meant to advise the prime minister.
This week the IPCC is preparing to embark on its next global-warming "assessment review"—and if the tone of its reply to the critics is any guide, it is intent on business as usual.It is true, as the IPCC says in its defence, that the panel presents a range of scenarios.
So, even if firms hive off their consulting, a further split may be necessary.Deloitte, Andersen and KPMG point out in their defence that the Panel on Audit Effectiveness, which was set up by the SEC to examine the issue, was divided.
Indeed, the Pentagon's progress toward fielding autonomous robotic systems has been agonizingly slow, concluded a recently released report by the Defense Science Board, a panel of defence experts that advises senior Pentagon leaders.
(P17, male, 40s) The whole process is very stressful because it's…I can say it's all very legal…essentially it's a court case the actual Fitness to Practice Hearing... with prosecuting barristers and then defence barristers and the panel themselves...and all the paperwork is in legalese if that's the right word.
The whole process is very stressful because it's…I can say it's all very legal…essentially it's a court case the actual Fitness to Practice Hearing... with prosecuting barristers and then defence barristers and the panel themselves...and all the paperwork is in legalese if that's the right word.
