Word: defendant
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...enough that, in February 2001, the White House ignored the Hart-Rudman commission’s recommendation to create a “National Homeland Security Agency” to defend against international terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. But the President’s initial opposition to the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11 was simply unfathomable. On October 24, 2001, Ari Fleisher said the president believed “there does not need to be a Cabinet-level Office of Homeland Security,” and Bush only flip-flopped on this issue when forced to by political pressure...
...representative of al-Sadr's father: "When he sits behind closed doors, he is seen as a man who makes no mistakes." But during Saddam's reign of terror, Sistani's seclusion turned into house arrest imposed by the regime. He endured it as a "religious duty to defend the Shi'ites' sacred center," says Tawfiq al-Yassery, a secular Shi'ite politician with close ties to the ayatullah. After Saddam fell, Sistani faced new threats from al-Sadr's militia, and now armed guards tightly control access to his house. He is still most comfortable operating behind closed doors...
When the beating is over they emerge from the river, the long boats floating above their six-foot-something frames. Nothing can penetrate the army mentality, the metal strength of the company: “This We’ll Defend.” The warlords will not concede. The Charles is their fortress. But don’t count the battle won before it’s started. A parched pack of Huskies lurks close by seeking to mark its own territory. It thirsts for Crimson blood. And it loves that dirty water...
...McCareins alone can’t defend both Brian Edwards and Corey Mazza, a tandem no Crimson opponent has even begun to contain thus far this season...
Like Clifton Dawson isn’t already hard enough to defend...