Sentence examples for rival briefings from inspiring English sources
In eight succinct minutes, he spoke of making America great and, instead of improvising through questions from the press, let his campaign lieutenants Corey Lewandowski and Paul Manafort hold rival briefings with reporters.
Liberal Democrats complain that Brown's position as prime minister bestows on him a "natural advantage" in Thursday's clash, because the debate's focus on foreign policy will allow him to draw on classified foreign policy briefings to which his rivals are not privy.
Republican senators led by John McCain, a former presidential rival in 2008, have zeroed in on briefings given by Obama aides after the September murder of America's ambassador to Libya, in which the involvement of terrorists with al-Qaeda ties was played down, in favour of (erroneous) early reports linking the murder to protests over an anti-Islamic film.
David attempted to ensure the contest was not marred by back-biting between the two rival camps by banning off-the-record briefings.
As President-elect Barack Obama rushes from secret job interviews with onetime rivals in the Democratic primary season to briefings on the financial crisis, to discussions of saving the American auto industry, the postelection period may feel frenetic.
There were suggestions that the briefings had come from supporters of the shadow foreign secretary, Liam Fox, a rival of Mr Davis for the leadership of the Tory right.
His rivals within the Congress party, on the other hand, have a well-oiled system of shadow briefings and leaks.
These are being accompanied by a drip feed of poisonous briefings, as some ministers try to promote themselves and their ambitions at the expense of rivals they seek to thwart or damage.
The briefings on Balfour Street began with Israel's former Prime Ministers, including Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, and Netanyahu, Olmert's political rival.
