He had his defenses ready.
Israel's leaders have convened emergency cabinet sessions in recent days and ratcheted up home-front preparations, with military reservists being called up and air-defense systems readied on Wednesday.
Is the Eagles' new-look defense ready for the season?
It's a little more problematic if you're the guy in charge of keeping the dollar stable, the food supply safe and the national defense ready.
An America with the world's strongest defense; ready and willing to use force, when necessary.
He asked for evidence of the caffeine-related claims made by Stihler, and he had a whole defense ready when I asked about the dangers of glass bottles: "If someone is to commit a crime, they'll use whatever tools are at their disposal, whether that be a bottle, knife, or piece of wood lying on the pavement".
11 confrontation: Dealing diplomatically, and perhaps militarily, with countries that could supply or launch nuclear weapons long before Mr. Bush's missile defenses are ready.
When the main defenses became ready for use, the fort was armed with cannons hauled from Montreal and Fort St . Frédéric
Today, as the legal battle over the President's November executive order unfurls, advocates are focused on a defense approach, while readying themselves for implementation of two of its programs.
In 1961, he claimed that the Soviets had trained 50 million citizens in civil defense procedures, were readying a massive system of bomb shelters to ride out a nuclear conflagration, and so were preparing to absorb a preemptive nuclear strike.
Now the defense is ready to present its case.
