Sentence examples for oversight checks from inspiring English sources

In an interview with Mark Bowden for a new book on the killing of Osama bin Laden, "The Finish," Mr. Obama said that "creating a legal structure, processes, with oversight checks on how we use unmanned weapons, is going to be a challenge for me and my successors for some time to come".

An important broad distinction is between 'external' or community accountability mechanisms which may be used by non-state actors to hold public sector power-holders to account, and 'internal' or bureaucratic mechanisms that are comprised of the institutional oversights, checks and balances internal to the public sector [ 2].

So far, less than a hundred and eighty million dollars of that money has been spent, because the civilian projects require oversight and checks on corruption.

If Mr. Obama wants to authorize every drone strike, fine but even the president requires oversight (remember checks and balances?) which he won't allow.

The deputy Labor leader, Tanya Plibersek, said as a matter of principle in a democracy there must be proper oversight and checks and balances.

11 abilities to fight Al Qaeda, aides said, but has made a point of imposing stronger oversight and checks and balances that were not present immediately after the attacks on New York and Washington.

The French police investigation still has further to run, but it already seems likely that a small cabal took hold of a sport with little oversight or checks and balances for their own ends.

Clovis said it would be "however long it would take for these departments and entities to come back and report to the American people that we have a sound system, good oversight and checks and balances and assurances from country of origin that we are looking at this thing".

There is a point beyond which, without constant review, oversight and checks of the conscience, incarceration can give way to sadistic torment.

While some developments have been made under the current government, including the creation of a mandatory polio certification programme, lack of government oversight and checks on the system have led to abuses.

Publicly releasing the CIA Torture Report will give the public an essential opportunity to more fully understand what was perpetrated in our name and to put into place sufficient mechanisms, transparency, oversight, and checks and balances to prevent to torture and cruelty from happening again.