John Reid
John Reid
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It doesn't matter because they still couldn't beat us. They couldn't have beaten us if they'd brought somebody down out of the stands.
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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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It is a matter of political practicality. In the course of the next four years this decision will take place. It will inevitably be more public than such decisions in the past,
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It is not a matter of casualties, but a matter of trying to avoid innocent casualties of terrorism.
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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.