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Newly uncovered Foreign Office memos show how New Labour has played politics with the massacre of the Armenians There are few genocides more clearly established than that suffered by the Armenians in 1915-16, when half the race was extinguished in... Full Article at New Statesman
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EFFORTS BY British military chiefs to prepare for an Iraq invasion in late 2002 were blocked by then-defence secretary Geoff Hoon, who worried that a disclosure of such preparations, would create a major crisis for the government. Full Article at Irish Times
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Geoff Hoon held back military preparations for the Iraq invasion when he was Defence Secretary, because he wanted to keep the plans secret from the public, his armed forces chief has revealed. Full Article at The Independent
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Geoff Hoon and Admiral Lord Boyce leaving Downing Street in March 2003, days after the beginning of the invasion of Iraq. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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The head of the armed forces during the Iraq war today described his “frustration” at the political orders which delayed preparing British soldiers for combat. Full Article at Times Online
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Tony Blair asked military chiefs to secretly prepare options for joining an American invasion of Iraq nine months before the start of the war, the inquiry into the Iraq war heard today. Full Article at Times Online
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Tony Blair No weapons of mass destruction, thousands dead, yet Mr Blair won a fourth term in 2005. He resigned in 2007, becoming the UN's Middle East envoy and adviser to J P Morgan and Zurich Financial Services. Full Article at The Independent
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After a byzantine Brussels stitch-up, the appointment to one of the grandest jobs in the European Union was settled by text message. Full Article at Times Online
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You are to be congratulated for bringing to public notice the possible causes of birth defects and cancers among infants in Falluja (Report, 14 November). You mention radiation poisoning, but not depleted uranium munitions. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Christopher Meyer, who presents the three-part television series accompanying this book, was our man in Washington during the run-up to the Iraq war. Full Article at Times Online
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In addition to those mentioned in the report, the defence secretaries George Robertson, Geoff Hoon and John Reid must bear some responsibility for the disastrous organisation of the MoD from 1997. Full Article at The Scotsman
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Transport secretary Lord Adonis has scrapped his predecessor Geoff Hoon's plans to take London's major airports into special administration if BAA got into financial difficulty. Hoon put forward the plans at the height of the financial crisis. Full Article at This Is London
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Mr Hoon has admitted reading texts while in St Paul's Cathedral, but insists he did so before the ceremony began and did not reply to them until it had finished. Full Article at The Telegraph
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Former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was involved in a new row over the Iraq war memorial service last night over claims that he checked his mobile phone messages during the service. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK
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Geoffrey 'Geoff' William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British politician. He is Labour Member of Parliament for Ashfield, as well as former Labour Chief Whip and Permanent Secretary to the Treasury. Full Article
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Britain's Secretary of State for Transport Geoff Hoon (R) and Defence Secretary John Hutton arrive for the weekly Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in central London June 2, 2009.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 02: Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon leaves Downing Street after the weekly cabinet meeting, on June 2, 2009 in London, England.
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British Defence Secretary John Hutton (L) and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon (R) arrive for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, on June 2, 2009.
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British Defence Secretary John Hutton (L) and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon (R) arrive for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, on June 2, 2009.
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Geoff Hoon, right, Britain's Transport Secretary and John Hutton, left, Defence Secretary, arrive for a cabinet meeting at Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday June 2, 2009.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 02: British Defence Secretary John Hutton (L) and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon (R) arrive at Downing Street for the weekly cabinet meeting on June 2, 2009 in London, England.
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Britain's Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon arrives at 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly cabinet meeting, in London May 12, 2009.
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Britain's Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, on May 12, 2009, for the weekly Cabinet meeting.
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British Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, on January 20, 2009, for the weekly government cabinet meeting.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 15: Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon MP, arrives at the Houses of Parliament prior to addressing the Commons on the Government's decision to build a third runway at Heathrow airport on January 15, 2009 in London, England.
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Britain's Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon walks along Whitehall in London, on June 5, 2009.
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Britain's Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on June 2, 2009, after attending a Cabinet meeting.
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Britain's Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, following the weekly cabinet meeting, on May 19, 2009.
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Britain's Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon gestures as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on May 12, 2009, after the weekly Cabinet meeting.
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Britain's Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon leaves 10 Downing Street following the weekly cabinet meeting in London January 27, 2009.
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British Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon leaves the weekly government Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, on January 27, 2009. The British government was to unveil measures Tuesday to support the country's ailing auto industry, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman said.
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Britain's Labour party Deputy leader Harriet Harman is followed by the media near the Houses of Parliament in London, on June 5, 2009.
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Britain's Labour party Deputy leader Harriet Harman is followed by the media near the Houses of Parliament in London, on June 5, 2009.
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Britain's Labour party Deputy leader Harriet Harman is pictured near the Houses of Parliament in London, on June 5, 2009.
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A combination of file photographs shows five British Cabinet Ministers who have resigned from Gordon Brown's Cabinet in the last week. (From L-R) Jacqui Smith, Hazel Blears, James Purnell, John Hutton and Geoff Hoon.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 02: Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon leaves Downing Street after the weekly cabinet meeting, on June 2, 2009 in London, England.
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