Mr. Clinton this week offered a strong defense of his policy of engaging China.

Honecker's defense of his policy of "constructive dialogue" appeared in tune with Gorbachev's own calls for disarmament and détente in Europe.

"China is not a benighted society from top to bottom," he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in the Administration's most comprehensive defense of its policy toward China.

Says He Kept Pledge Mr. Reagan gave a strong defense of his Administration's military policy.

However, Milroy argued in defense of his policy and was allowed to proceed.

But by the time Mr. Bush delivered it, it had metamorphosed into a biting 50-minute defense of his domestic policy, which has become the focus of Democratic attacks.

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But Mr. Bush's unwillingness to come up with a coherent defense of his policy has frustrated even his Republican supporters.

Mr. Giuliani also used his address to offer a defense of his highly contentious policy of having the police arrest homeless people found loitering on the city's streets.

Lyam seemed chastened, but didn't seem eager to leap to the defense of Suinomen's magical policy.