Sentence examples for defend its role from inspiring English sources

And if the president proceeds unilaterally, Congress should take further steps to defend its role in foreign policy.

The second was after the Persian Gulf war of 1991, when the military had to reassess and defend its role in a post-Soviet world, and again shrank significantly.

Congress, unable or unwilling to defend its role, resorts instead to carping at "his" program, "his" war or "his" economy — while denying any responsibility for the mess it helped create.

But now Singapore is moving to defend its role as a hub for air travel as the proliferation of low-cost carriers offering direct links between Asian cities redraws the travelers' map of Southeast Asia.

Nevertheless, JPM denies being a party to the fraud and tries to defend its role by insisting that Madoff was not a major client of the bank.

In a written response to questions posed by The New York Times, the Health Department said that the reports calling for a moratorium were written by "low-level staff," and it defended its role in Parkshore's expansion.

Grant Thornton, auditor for the Parmalat subsidiary where nearly four billion euros ($5 billion) of the Italian food group's funds went missing, defended its role on Monday and said it raised concerns early on.

Merrill Lynch, the only investment firm that would comment, defended its role in LJM2.

USIS, formerly known as US Investigations Services, was also involved in background checks on National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, but subsequently defended its role.

The ILO defended its role monitoring the projects and invited activists to share information with the organisation and make it aware of any cases they identified.

The firm is defending its role as the former auditors of Jim Bakker's PTL ministry in a trial in Charlotte, N.C.