51.   The next day, Sharp called back to defend his program.

52.   They said they have to defend the program against an onslaught of inaccurate information and racially motivated scapegoating.

53.   University officials defend the program that they are implementing as both necessary and legally permitted by the Supreme Court decision in the Bakke case.

54.   Wednesday, aides said, he is to defend government programs like empowerment zones to foster urban investment.

55.   Wynne, the former marshal who now lives in Maryland, defends the program as both a deterrent and a last-ditch preventative to hijacking.

56.   Young himself always defended the program but seemed fully aware of its white-bread style and shortcomings.

57.   ACOG defended the program, but consumer groups and even the state Senate Republican leader questioned its propriety.

58.   But he defended the program as a success in drug interdiction.

59.   But they fiercely defended the program as a way for corporate bad-actors to redeem themselves.

60.   Chambers County Sheriff Monroe Kreuzer defends the program he created, saying that while the volunteers are not law enforcement officers, they are licensed to carry concealed handguns.