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Still, most of the senators on the Intelligence Committee, which had received briefings about the call log program and other surveillance even before Mr. Snowden's leaks, used the hearing on Thursday to largely defend the programs and criticize the disclosures.

Reviewing it in The San Francisco Chronicle, Joshua Kosman largely defended Mr. Bondy's interpretation, despite "some directorial bad decisions".

The party has largely defended Turkey's secular system of government, but the indictment accuses it of trying to impose Islam.

Although Tim Krul repelled Willian's volley brilliantly and Debuchy did well to block Eto'o's follow-up, Pardew's players were, largely, defending well.

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The report, published on 4 August, largely defended the bombing runs on the basis that the Saudis had received credible intelligence that enemy Houthi forces were in the area.

Despite decades of involvement in progressive politics and her public criticism of Stalin's regime, Hellman is still regarded as an "unrepentant Stalinist".Ms Kessler-Harris largely defends Hellman against her harshest critics by placing her and her choices such as her defence of communism and her refusal to embrace feminism in the context of her times.

In an interview with Bloomberg today, the executive largely defended the decisions he made during his time at Nest in the face of such criticism.

CNN's president John Klein has been largely defending Dobbs.

But as the questions progressed, he largely defended his claims.

The first panelist, Pamela Hyde, administrator of SAMHSA, largely defended SAMHSA and blamed sequestration.