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 armored battle group that will deploy brings important qualities of extensive training, experience and hard-edge combat capability. It is not the case, as is often implied, that there are 130,000 U.S. troops that could take on this task, ... In fact, fewer than a third of U.S. forces in Iraq have the requisite combat capability, and of those even fewer have the armored capability that is needed.
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We've made it clear that this is not the start of a major conflict, but certainly our forces are ready, they are prepared and they will take on the tasks that assigned to them,
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the right group of forces for the sort of tasks that may be necessary.
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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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We are setting out very clearly what has happened. I wish sometimes journalists would listen a little more closely to what we are actually saying.
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We could be condemned on a massive scale for taking an abdication of responsibility,
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The government has decided that we should accept the U.S. request for assistance,
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to do so would risk the operational security of the mission and potentially the safety of our forces.
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To do nothing, to give Saddam Hussein time without end, as he wishes, would be easier than taking action, certainly.
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We will immediately take steps to identify and reduce notice to move for some additional headquarters and units, to allow further deployments as rapidly as possible in response to this accelerating program of work.
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What we are doing is ensuring that we have a range of military options available should they be required, ... This process does not lead inexorably to military action.
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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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I don't know the answer to your question but I will try and find out.
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Obviously we have seen some excellent work by our police and security services, but that work must continue,