In recent months, Britain’s Ministry of Defence, led by Des Browne, has faced headline after headline exposing its alleged failings – from an inability to secure the right gear for troops on the front line to its indecision about whether to...
The latest British soldier killed in Afghanistan was named last night as father-of-two Corporal Barry Dempsey, of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
He died yesterday when a joint UK-Afghan patrol was hit by a roadside bomb close to the town of Gereshk...
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Military chiefs have been in discussion to almost double troop numbers in
Afghanistan, the Daily Telegraph understands. Senior military officers have
held preliminary talks about troop strenght and believe increasing numbers
up to approximately...
Background
The Rt. Hon. Desmond Henry Browne MP (born 22 March 1952), commonly known as Des Browne, is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun and the Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Scotland in the Cabinet.
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