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http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/FOREIGN/106290056/1001
“Britain’s Brown picks a war critic for new Cabinet”
By Al Webb
June 29, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “LONDON — New Prime Minister Gordon Brown named a Cabinet yesterday that included a critic of the Iraq war as foreign secretary — a clear signal of a shift in British policy toward the unpopular conflict.
Less than 24 hours after taking over the prime ministership from Tony Blair, Mr. Brown swept all but one of his predecessors from their Cabinet posts, shifting a few into other jobs and replacing the rest with a mix of new faces and trusted allies — effective immediately.
Mr. Brown’s lineup includes his longtime political ally, 53-year-old Alistair Darling, as chancellor of the exchequer, or treasury chief. Mr. Brown held the post throughout Mr. Blair’s decade in power.
Jacqui Smith, the ruling Labor Party’s former chief whip in Parliament, became Britain’s first female home secretary.
But the most eye-catching new name was rising political star David Miliband, who at 41 becomes the youngest British foreign secretary in 30 years, and potentially one of the most controversial, given his discomfort over the Blair government’s policy on Iraq.”
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The alert, in a zone normally packed with tourists, theatre-goers and revelers, brought heavy traffic congestion to London’s West End and disruption on the London Underground.”