British defence secretary visits troops in Iraq
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visited British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Wednesday, just days after a battle group returned from a controversial deployment near Baghdad.
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LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is talking security with his counterpart from Iraq.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits Iraq to thank troops for their efforts, days before leaving office.
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The UK's defence secretary is to address parliament on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq.
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Despite a sensitive political climate, Britain&#39;s Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has announced that hundreds of British soldiers will be redeployed in Iraq in response to a US request.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a surprise visit Friday to Iraq and expressed support for the top U.S. commander here, saying the military wasn't trying to paint an overly optimistic picture of how the war is going.
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Britain spent more than &#36;2.7 billion on peacekeeping operations in Iraq in the 10 months following the end of initial combat there, the Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.
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Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett has visited the restive southern Iraqi city of Basra, as the military announced it was sending 360 extra troops to protect reconstruction projects.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq on Friday morning for a daylong visit to review Iraq security forces and meet with Iraqi and American leaders.
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Iraq's president forecast on Tuesday   that British troops could go home by the end of next year but,   on another day of killings, Britain's visiting foreign minister   cautioned against leaving a "security vacuum."
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Britain&#39;s Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon arrives at Parliament in London, Monday Oct. 18, 2004, to give a statement about redeployment of British troops in Iraq.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was visiting British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, just days after a battle group returned from a controversial deployment near Baghdad.
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BRITISH Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon arrived in the southern Iraqi city of Basra today for talks with Iraqi and British officials.
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The UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says 850 British troops are to be sent to a US-controlled region of Iraq close to the capital.
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The American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has wound up a brief Christmas visit to Iraq, telling US troops the war could still be won.
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The Cabinet will discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces around Baghdad. Amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq, a forward reconnaissance
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Hundreds of British soldiers arrived at their base near Baghdad in a deployment aimed at provide cover for U.S. troops considering a new assault on Iraqi insurgents, the Ministry of Defense said Friday.