Javid downplayed fears that it would lose its green purpose.
A counterargument has come from an industry group, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, which downplays fears about wholesale surveillance.
He also sought to downplay fears the bank's green mission would be compromised.
However, Sally Healy, an expert on the Horn of Africa, argued the conference's prescriptions had been left vague enough for Somalis to shape their own form of government, and she downplayed fears of a power vacuum.
Despite their statement, aides to Mr. Kerry sought to downplay fears about Mr. Nader last night, arguing that Mr. Nader would likely not be able to draw as much support in 2004 as he did in 2000 - when he drew 2.8percentt of the popular vote.
When geeks downplay fears over DRM, they often say things like: "Well, I can get around it, and anyway, they'll come to their senses soon enough, since it doesn't work, right?" Whenever Berners-Lee tells the story of the Web's inception, he stresses that he was able to invent the Web without getting any permission.
Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych recently downplayed fears of racist attacks.
(See: "HSBC Sells HQ For $2.2B") Bank of Spain Governor Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez has tried to downplay fears of a crash, saying the property sector was experiencing "a gradual slowdown".
In an article posted in the national security blog Lawfare, Comey downplayed fears about government snooping and privacy rights -- and sought to frame the debate around the victims and survivors of the massacre.
It's likely that Bernanke will spend most of the press conference downplaying market fears in a dovish manner and hopefully offering a time-line of when the Fed will start to scale back quantitative easing.
