Sentence examples for was first briefed from inspiring English sources

They began on Oct. 6, the day Turkish officials have said President Erdogan was first briefed on the evidence.

Clinton was first briefed on the report several months ago and members of her team consulted the authors this week.

President Obama was first briefed on the threat on Thursday morning, and members of Congress were briefed during the day, officials said.

According to accounts of what happened, including the administration's own report, the president was first briefed on the plan Jan . 25

The UN security council was first briefed last December over a rebel offensive involving a coalition called Seleka operating from the settlements north of Kaga-Bandoro.

Mr. Hayden said Monday that when he became C.I.A. director and was first briefed on the Bin Laden hunt in 2007, "information from C.I.A. detainees formed an important part of the narrative".

Was the strategy review a shock when you were first briefed?

President Obama and his top national security aides were first briefed on the threat last year and have received periodic updates since then, top aides said.

And some Republicans, including Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said there should also be an assessment of any damage to national security that might have been caused by Mr. Obama's decision to release the memorandums, and also a clear picture of when lawmakers, including Democrats, were first briefed about the techniques.

September 2002: Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla)., chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Richard Shelby (R-Ala)., vice chairman of the committee, are first briefed on the CIA interrogation program.

The students were first briefed on the purpose of the instrument and given instructions about how to complete the questionnaire, which took about 15 min to complete.