Sentences with phrase «is a brief on»

He was briefed on the matter Friday night.
With the reports» release, arguments among Israeli lawmakers over what the cabinet knew about the tunnels, and when it was briefed on the threat, are sure to only increase.
Indeed, after recently being briefed on the matter by European pension players, he concluded the possibility of serious defaults in the wake of these new rules «is all too real.
Two senior officials who have been briefed on the new intrusions say they were aimed largely at the administrative systems of about 10 major American energy firms, which they would not name.
The White House said President Donald Trump, who is in Florida, was briefed on what happened, adding that the mistake was «purely a state exercise.»
To help close the deal, California - based Western Digital has told Toshiba it is prepared to pull out of a consortium bidding for the business in order to address such concerns, said the sources, one with direct knowledge of the transaction and one who was briefed on this development.
When President Franklin Roosevelt died in 1945, VP Harry Truman had to be briefed on the atomic bomb, though the Manhattan Project had been underway for six years.
Officials who have been briefed on the inquiry described it as having made strikingly little progress in answering the basic questions of the case, with frustrated FBI agents reporting that they are running out of rocks to overturn.
The president also questioned the need to admit more Haitians to the U.S., according to people who were briefed on the conversation but were not authorized to describe the meeting publicly.
Israel's Prime Minister told journalists on Tuesday that German, French and British delegates are set to be briefed on the information obtained from the documents later this week.
He recalls being briefed on a three - year plan to grow aggressively.
US President Donald Trump tweeted he had been briefed on the incident, and offered his condolences to the families of the victims.
A typical premortem begins after the team has been briefed on the plan.
One person who has been briefed on Wal - Mart's thinking said that the retailer would keep the Vudu brand.
Mr. Khosrowshahi's modus operandi is to clear the way for the big tasks ahead for Uber, said the people who were briefed on the matter.
According to nearly a dozen current and former Uber engineers and product managers who attended or were briefed on the Tuesday all - hands meeting, employees said they were concerned that Mr. Kalanick's willingness to work with Mr. Trump after the immigration order would color Uber as a soulless company that cared only about its bottom line.
The Secretary also visited 3M Corporation's «InnovationCenter,» where she was briefed on 3M's defense - energy initiatives; and Cummins Power Generation's headquarters.
«Considering they have a staff of, like, three people at headquarters, there's a lot of infighting,» one conservative who has been briefed on the situation told me.
On January 10, 2017 — 10 days before Donald Trump's inauguration — CNN reported that Trump had been briefed on the claims of the Steele dossier, and BuzzFeed News subsequently published the dossier itself.
Media reports indicate that the Minister of Finance has recently been briefed on the impact of the aging population on the economy and the government's finances.
According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, «The president has not seen or been briefed on the memo or reviewed its contents,» a message she reiterated again Wednesday morning, according to Roll Call.
President Trump tweeted that he had been briefed on the crash, and sent «thoughts and prayers for the victims, their families and the great men and women of the National Guard.»
The Board was briefed on the recent reset of interchange fees in the MasterCard and Visa systems, including the reduction in debit card interchange rates to meet the lower benchmarks implemented following the Bank's 2015 — 16 Review of Card Payments Regulation.
President Trump said he had been briefed on the shooting and tweeted, «My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting.
Officials did not identify the attacker during a news conference Sunday night, but two other officials - one a US official and one in law enforcement - who were briefed on the investigation identified him as Devin Kelley.
In the course of the four - hour meeting, Ministers were briefed on the matter by the Attorney General, who advised against a straightforward repeal of the amendment.
Astros manager AJ Hinch said shortly after the game that he hadn't been briefed on the incident full yet but that he knows Gurriel is «remorseful.»
If Sacramento fails, the Kings could be playing in Seattle next fall if the city and Hansen reach an agreement, according to a Seattle City Hall source who has been briefed on the matter.
Put them against any of the top six teams in the Premier League or any of the top teams across Europe, and they look like a family of aliens who've just been dropped on the field and told they have to play soccer but haven't been briefed on the rules.
That's more them being briefed on something as opposed to it being a leak.
The First Lady's «Let's Move» team has been briefed on this campaign and has expressed their support for both the mission and the campaign itself.
A source close to Peralta who was briefed on the chat characterized it as a «long - overdue conversation in which Monserrate conceded that Jose won the race.»
But that doesn't rebut Yates» claim that Cameron's chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn, turned down an offer to be briefed on the progress of the phone - hacking investigation.
Rumour has it that, when the book was mentioned at a senior party strategy meeting on the economic crisis last October, Cameron retorted that he did not need to be briefed on it: «I did get a first, you know.»
The Washington Post reported the remarks, citing Aides who were briefed on the meeting.
The government came under fire last night from the Conservatives and the human rights group Liberty over the way the media is briefed on counter-terrorism operations.
Then prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who it has emerged was briefed on the «close to deceitful» behaviour of senior South Yorkshire police officers, wanted the chief constable to resign but did not act.
She said invigilators and supervisors have been briefed on the rules and regulations of the examinations while exams papers have been sent to the various districts for onward transfer to the centers on Monday.
«We are briefing you all on a very serious issue, and that is just not a serious question,» de Blasio said.
«Mayor de Blasio was briefed on this morning's subway derailment at 125th St and is monitoring the situation.
The Cuomo campaign refused to say who attended, but a source who was briefed on the event said executives at three companies who have worked for SUNY Poly were in the room: Ray Rudolph of CHA, Joseph Nicolla of Columbia Development and Tom Birdsey of the architecture firm EYP.
Sources say that the Justice Department in Washington has been briefed on virtually every move the Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has made, including the recent decision to issue subpoenas to the mayor's office.
Reached by phone, a spokesperson for Katz would only say she could not comment publicly about D.O.C.'s plans because they had yet to be briefed on the details.
There's been some public accounts of it, which are nonsense, but I understand the committee's been briefed on the classified facts.
According to Abidogun who is also the Solicitor General said the AGF will assume office on Wednesday andwill be briefed on the Dasuki's court action between Thursday and Friday and urged the court to grant them permission to appear in the court next Monday.
«That's still debatable, whether we're accepting that or not,» said Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, a Democrat from Utica, after the conference was briefed on the proposal.
«The Mayor has been briefed on the derailment and spoken with MTA Chairman (Joe) Lhota,» he said.
It was also directed that the congress committee from Abuja should meet with stakeholders on arrival and be briefed on arrangements and agreements already reached in the state.
''... We have a lot of security challenges and I have come so that quickly, I will be briefed on the security situation so that we put our heads together and see how best to harness the relative peace we are currently enjoying.»
The emails also show that top legal advisers to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli had been briefed on the major terms of the final prelitigation settlement and didn't raise objections...
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