This project would first have to be approved by the Defence Council.

The Defence Council is therefore the body which joins together the top political and military leadership.

In practical terms, membership of the Defence Council offers access and information.

He shall preside over the higher national defence councils and committees.

I appeal for the establishment of a special European Union defence council and military operations centre.

The President is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and appoints a defence council.

His defence council cited medical grounds to justify his absence.

While the member states should retain their own armies, a supreme defence council shall permit cooperation.

Defence council called the Crown's new plan "absolutely scandalous".

When the necessary studies were completed, the Defence Council discussed them at a meeting on July 21.

This power is exercised by the Defence Council in the Queen's name.

He shall supervise the same with the assistance of Defence Council under his direct authority.

Brazil’s armed forces did not propose the defence council, nor do they see the American presence in Colombia as a threat.

A key element of this adversarial system is that the accused has a defence council who guards against false charges.

By all accounts, the Defence Council is dominated by civilians.

A firm decision, he explained, could not be made until the bicultural aspect of the program was accepted by the Defence Council.

There is no record in Defence Council minutes that a Cabinet decision was ever made on this controversial question.

Finally, the Minister demanded that the Defence Council examine this whole issue once more.

The boards for each service continued to exist, but they acted under delegated power from the Defence Council.

To better organise the military, seven military zones were established each with its own Defence Council.

On the morning of December 18, I again appeared before the Defence Council.

Having failed to support the volunteer system to the extent the Defence Council deemed necessary, the general public now 'bought' the army they deserved.

The President shall be a member of the Supreme Defence Council.

They will dominate the security system after reshaping a key National Defence Council to keep it under their control.

The report also calls for the establishment of a Defence Council, an idea that I know has been around for some time.