Sentence examples for defense debate from inspiring English sources

In democracies this tension forms the permanent agenda of the defense debate.

The major defense debate will be about Afghanistan, Mr. Tertrais said.

Readiness remains an issue and should be a part of the defense debate.

The two tickets should now move on to an expansive defense debate.

It is not too late for Democrats to dominate the defense debate.

The secretaries of state and defense debate the most urgent foreign policy decisions at these meetings, though they are not attended by the president.

Without question, politics is a big factor in missile defense debates (front page, June 23).

And with presidential elections in both Russia and the United States next year, the volume could grow louder, even though the basic positions in the missile-defense debate have not changed.

There are important distinctions to be made in the defense spending debate.

Several Republicans leaped to Rowland and the GOP's defense before debate was cut off.

The 69-year-old grandmother, married to Jerry Sandusky for 45 years, "46 in September," came to court on Tuesday while defense lawyers debated whether to risk putting her husband on the stand.