Hoon faces MPs over Iraq troops
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Geoff Hoon is to address the Commons on Monday about proposals to put some British troops under US command in Iraq. The defence secretary is expected to confirm a formal request for assistance has been received from the Americans.
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By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent and George Jones, Political Editor. Ministers were accused last night of misleading Parliament over the redeployment of British troops in Iraq to an American-controlled area.
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Britain&#39;s Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon leaves No. 10 Downing Street, London Thursday Oct. 21, 2004 after attending a cabinet meeting where they discussed the deployment of 650 soldiers of the Black Watch to a US-controlled sector in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is to hold a parliamentary debate on Britain's involvement in Iraq by the end of January, parliament leader Jack Straw has said.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  will take up a resolution next week disapproving of President  George W. Bush's decision to add 21,500 American troops in  Iraq, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday.
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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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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has played down suggestions that there could be further UK troop re-deployments in support of US operations in Iraq.
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The Government came under more pressure in the Commons today over plans for a major reorganisation of Scottish regiments. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is considering plans to scrap one of Scotland&#39;s six infantry
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a Commons statement on proposals to deploy British troops in the American-controlled sector of Iraq. Following a weekend of intense speculation over Government plans to support US forces around Baghdad, Mr
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LONDON - Britain is considering a request to move some of its troops into the US-controlled zone in Iraq, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told Parliament&#39;s lower chamber Monday.
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LONDON -- An appeal by US commanders for British troops to bolster American forces near Baghdad has sparked angry protests here, but Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon indicated in Parliament yesterday that the request would probably be approved later this week.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.
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TONY Blair faces a mauling in the Commons today from Labour backbenchers furious at a plea for British troops to bail out the Americans.
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The British government says it&#39;ll honor the US request to send a battalion of troops to central Iraq. British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon says there&#39;s &quot;a compelling military operational justification&quot; for the redeployment.
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Tony Blair is under pressure from his own party to name a date for pulling British troops out of Iraq.
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BASRA, Iraq The British defense secretary is in southeastern Iraq today, meeting with troops in Basra. Geoff Hoon also will meet with Iraqi and British officials during his one- day visit.
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The UK's defence secretary is to address parliament on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq.