Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.
I was the fat kid, so as a defense mechanism, I was the jokester.
Defense is not like other discretionary spending.
Of all government expenditures, defense spending is the... most stimulative to the economy.
Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.
I was not interested in being minister of defense or minister of foreign affairs.
However, the Department of Defense treats these detainees in accord with the Geneva Convention, even though that is not required because of the inhumane methods used by these killers.
You want to keep the defense guessing.
Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
Undersecretary of Defense Doug Feith was equally insistent in 2002-2003 about an operational relationship between al Qaeda and the Iraqi government.
There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.
The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people.
Discrimination is not a national defense strategy!
But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.
We'll uphold our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.
Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
Defense is superior to opulence.
That's how you win - pitching and defense.
The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.