But he spent most of his time explaining the need for "defensive capabilities" against Iranian missiles.
Campbell was explaining the need for sensitivity in the context of Australia's relationship with other countries.
So the next time you hear serious-sounding people explaining the need for fiscal austerity, try to parse their argument.
Lawmakers owe it to their constituents — and explaining the need for more job spending should not be that hard.
The National Trust, which owns much of the coast, has information boards explaining the need for managed retreat.
Despite vows to toughen his tactics, Mr. Karzai spent much of the interview explaining the need for accommodation.
In explaining the need for changes to its data pricing, Mr. Cohen said, "Our network is not an infinite resource, and it is expensive to expand it".
If he is galvanised into explaining the need for radical reform, he may yet haul himself and his country out of the bog.
The national trauma of Fukushima, and its enduring effects, go a long way to explaining the need for Mr. Noda's extraordinary intervention.
In explaining the need for the 120-space parking lot, Mr. Ibrahim said students came in to use the school's production facilities on weekends.
(As one environmentalist says to another, explaining the need for faked lightning and tidal waves, "Species extinction from global warming — nobody gives a shit").
