John Reid
John Reid
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I (and) other ministers fully respect the fact that parents want clarity on what is going on and secondly that it isn't going to go on in an indiscriminate fashion.
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The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.
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In any theatre of combat in the world where there are competing factions at war, there is always the problem about split loyalties,
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And that is why in the course of the day, while we were negotiating, in view of that fact that they weren't handed over, we got increasingly worried and the commander on the spot, with hindsight, was absolutely right to do what he did, because we discovered they weren't in the police station, they were somewhere else, but are now safe,
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We will stand by Iraq when times are tough and we will be a committed friend, not a fair-weather friend,
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We will not cut and run. We will not leave the job half done,
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We will withdraw from Iraq when the job is done, not before,
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I understand also that the Minister of the Interior, at the highest level, instructed that they should be (handed over), that the local judicial authorities said the same,
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I stand by the decision to build the aircraft carriers.
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And the suggestion that any government would use that sort of subject and phenomenon for spin and public relations I thought was beneath contempt.
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flattered that a number of people have approached him or mentioned to him that he would be a great candidate one day, down the line.
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We don't actually know the details of why these people were handed over - whether it was under threats or by collusion, or whatever, ... What we do know is that under the law they should have been handed back to the British forces themselves.
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Brandon and I have always discussed recruiting like it's going out and picking a Corvette. Now it's about picking the color you like.
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being treated for minor injuries only and are expected to return to duty shortly.