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a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues
How To Use backgrounder In A Sentence
- The general tells the story about how he had been away from the Pentagon for a while and then was (as I remember) brought back to give a backgrounder.
- A year and a half ago he did a press briefing, a backgrounder, in which he praised the president.
- Kieth provides all you need to know as a backgrounder ...! youtube. com / watch? Ace of Spades HQ
- She has compiled an excellent backgrounder on the different reform proposals at the Council on Foreign Relations web site.
- The gathering storm: although not part of what geographers call Central Asia, Iraq and the events unfolding in the country have an enormous impact on the ... from: Canada and the World Backgrounder GRANNIES HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN
- Look at what they're already doing to John Kerry in this backgrounder from the New York Times. June 2004
- Yet the agency, responding to an Ottawa Citizen request for information about HERTs as another potential component of Canada's relief operations in Haiti, replied with a 600-word backgrounder suggesting the teams are in place across the country and ready to respond to big domestic medical emergencies. Canada.com Top Stories
- Influenza Pandemic Awareness Week continues with three backgrounders.
- the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues
- Charkaoui is one of five people, all citzens of Arab countries, who have been held in Canada under a Security Certificate without charge see the CBC "backgrounder" The Supreme Court of Canada recently agreed to hear his appeal as to whether the issuance of the Certificate against him meets the requirements of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Situational Tags — Slaw