Geoff Hoon
Geoff Hoon
Geoffrey William Hoonis a British politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Ashfield from 1992 to 2010. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1953
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The public must remain vigilant, we must continue to take care to deal with these kinds of appalling threats to our safety and security.
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We could be condemned on a massive scale for taking an abdication of responsibility,
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This is simply a warning shot, if you like, across the bows of the Iraqi leadership.
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This government plans and prepares. We will plan and prepare for this winter.
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This changeover will represent the first stage of our plans to withdraw the bulk of our deployed force by the previously announced timetable of mid-June,
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It is with great regret that I can confirm that nine Royal Air Force personnel and one soldier are missing believed killed,
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are recovering the bodies and attempting to ascertain the cause of the crash.
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A UK armored battle group consisting of the 1st Battalion the Black Watch and supporting units will deploy ... to relieve a U.S. unit for other tasks.
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After careful evaluation, the chiefs of staff have advised me that UK forces are able to undertake the proposed operation, that there is a compelling military operational justification for doing so and that it entails a militarily acceptable level of risk for UK forces,
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The world has changed even if he has not ... (and) that makes him more of a threat. It is in the light of September 11 that Saddam's hidden arsenal must be judged,
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the right group of forces for the sort of tasks that may be necessary.
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On a day to day basis, the Black Watch will of course have to coordinate their activity within the U.S. chain of command in the locality, but any changes in the mission or the tasking would have to be referred back to Gen. Rollo,
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Obviously we have seen some excellent work by our police and security services, but that work must continue,
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My concern is that if turnout continues to fall requiring people to vote in a democratic election every four or five years does not seem to me to be a major attack on people's civil liberties.