Sentence examples for initial briefings from inspiring English sources

NASA's initial briefings to the board on its safety programs espoused a risk-averse philosophy that empowered any employee to stop an operation at the mere glimmer of a problem.

The lawmakers, led by Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, had been in Iraq less than five hours, but in a conference call with reporters they said their initial briefings had already confirmed improvements.

Ronald D. Dittemore, the program manager at the time of the accident and a familiar face in the initial briefings that February, has left to become president of ATK Thiokol Propulsion, a shuttle contractor.

"During our initial briefings Rocheron wanted the sense of physicality of the technology from that era," Popplestone adds.

Initial police briefings indicated Crutcher was not obeying officers' commands, but MacKenzie said Monday she didn't know what Crutcher was doing that prompted police to shoot.

Official briefings initially sought to take a cautious stance.

Educational events included initial short division-specific team briefings, summarizing the revised guidelines and explaining the overall strategy.

Obama's deputy press secretary, Eric Schultz, told reporters traveling with the president on Air Force One on Friday that the intensive lobbying campaign was "an initial reach-out" that would be followed by more detailed briefings.

The officials' initial assessment today was conveyed to lawmakers and Bush administration officials in classified briefings and conference calls, leading the authorities to an early, critical decision to put the National Transportation Safety Board in charge of the case, not the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

At media briefings during the week Morrison berated journalists for raising reports that contradicted his initial statements about the location of events.

Under pressure from Congress, President Bush agreed today to restore access to classified briefings to a wider legislative audience, after lawmakers balked at Mr. Bush's initial effort to limit such information to just eight senior leaders.