Sentence examples for preliminary briefings from inspiring English sources

The commission's final report, now being drafted, may address that question more directly than Admiral Gehman and General Crouch did in their preliminary briefings.

"The Iraq problem has changed a lot since the last Bush administration left office," said a government official who will continue to work in the new Bush administration and has been involved in preliminary briefings on Iraq.

Baker recalled in a phone conversation with me recently: "During preliminary discussions, when we flew over to Iraq for briefings, a lot of Democrats — as well as myself and [Edwin] Meese and Gates — were supportive of Robb and Perry's position.

At the end of the data collection JR held de-briefing meetings with each of the co-authors to share preliminary insights.

Acting CIA Director Michael Morell told lawmakers last week during closed-door briefings on the Benghazi attack that Rice's televised account was based on a preliminary agency assessment that the episode stemmed from a spontaneous demonstration, spontaneous protest, according to Democratic Reps.

Morrow proceeded to say, according to a preliminary transcript assembled by trial observers, that Manning and other soldiers had been warned about WikiLeaks in their briefings: he should have "understood the nature of the organization".

Also tells about press briefings and talks.

I issued daily briefings.

Aides avoid on-the-record briefings.

As news briefings go, it rocked.

Confused briefings and petty rivalries are rife.