Sentence examples for first briefings from inspiring English sources

Some reports have suggested that the first briefings to Congress took place in late 2001, before the law took effect.

Mr. Fleischer said the administration had tried to work cooperatively with local and federal officials from the first case in Florida, with local officials typically holding the first briefings on their home turf, followed by officials in Washington.

"What made you think, even when you took over and got these first briefings, given the history of Al Qaeda and its successful attacks on Americans, that we had the luxury even of seven months before we could make any kind of response, much less three years?" Slade Gorton, a Republican member of the commission and a former senator from Washington, asked Mr. Rumsfeld.

He said he would be receiving his first briefings from public servants on Sunday, in order to begin implementing policy changes.

The document is the first besides briefings prepared in the 1960's to be made public.

The families of the passengers were being convened for the first official briefings from the airline and government; Maarten suggested accompanying Sarah.

But as is customary for the official nominees of both parties, the two candidates will get their first intelligence briefings as early as next week.

A group of his political advisers, including Mr. Axelrod, flew from the Chicago campaign headquarters to Washington to meet with donors and reporters separately, giving the first formal briefings on the state of the 2012 election.

Second, lobby briefings would not "continue as they are".

Why are we arguing about bad intelligence reports or misleading characterizations from cabinet officials who were working from second-hand briefings when the facts have been more or less in plain sight since the beginning?

We had three morning briefings, first was the main briefing followed by the squadron briefing and finally, the flight briefing, in that order.