One week after Clay first proposed the compromise, he rose in the Senate to speak in its defense.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

But on defense, he became one of the most feared shot-blockers in the league.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

One of the defense lawyers recognized that the job was hopeless.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Simmons helped identify one of the highest-ranking Cuban spies in recent history, Ana Belen Montes who worked at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

"Anytime you have a high-profile case, as this one is,concerns about a fair and impartial jury will be present in any defense counsel's mind."

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Kasab was the only one captured alive. The defense had said that, if the plea was accepted, the trial should end and a sentence delivered.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

One of the leaders of the Obama strategy review team, Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy, says expectations of a more limited strategy were based on a misunderstanding.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The NATO move is in response to last year's spy scandal in Estonia in which one of that country's defense officials was jailed for passing alliance secrets to Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that while no one expects the world will achieve the goal of "zero nuclear weapons" anytime soon, the new treaty is a major step toward greater security with fewer nuclear weapons: "It is clear that we can accomplish goals with fewer nuclear weapons."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26