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
accept decided government request
The government has decided that we should accept the U.S. request for assistance,
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We had a very full exchange about relevant issues including the importance ... of controlling infiltration across the line of control that remains a matter of great concern to the United Kingdom and something we strongly emphasized to the government of Pakistan,
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The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party - deliver the promises that they were elected on. That's a healthy part of the democratic process.
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This government plans and prepares. We will plan and prepare for this winter.
government made referendums
The Government have made it clear that the constitutional treaty will be ratified in the UK only after a referendum.
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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.
condemned massive responsibility scale taking
We could be condemned on a massive scale for taking an abdication of responsibility,
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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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encouraging because it shows the Indians are showing a first step back from the brink.
assigned certainly clear conflict forces major prepared start tasks
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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We do need internationally to work together to isolate North Korea and to demonstrate that we will not tolerate the way in which they both develop and proliferate weapons of mass destruction,
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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.
full scale
Full scale of requirement ... yet to be developed.