Closed-door conversations revolve around money and military supplies.
After two days of closed-door conversations between the pope and Irish bishops, a Vatican statement said the scandal had ignited a "grave crisis," which had "led to a breakdown in trust in the church's leadership".
It is well known among experts in the field that sales representatives of helmet companies cite helmets' use by N.F.L. players in marketing and safety claims, particularly in closed-door conversations with youth coaches and athletic directors.
As in years past, just as diplomatic efforts were increasing, a terror attack succeeded, temporarily at least, in scuttling closed-door conversations about how to find a way back to the peace table.
Khoshal and I repeatedly saw this at work in Zabul and other provinces, where United States Special Forces soldiers who had been rotating into country since 2002 had forged friendships with Afghan leaders that allowed them to have real, closed-door conversations about the most difficult subjects — bribery, incompetence or politics — then work to address these impediments to institutional change.
It is impossible to know whether any closed-door conversations have begun in the White House about whether to find a graceful way for Mr. Rove to exit partially, or as one former official said, to "get the benefit of the brain without the proximity of the body".
After a series of closed-door conversations with attorneys, Gant and Thibodeaux agreed to drop their complaints.
And Biden brings much more than his personal power of persuasion to the mostly closed-door conversations.
The Trump administration's refusal to provide significant details of closed-door conversations, or accommodate U.S. media to independently cover meetings, gives foreign governments an opportunity to fill the news vacuum with their version of events. .
