Prime Minister Gordon Brown Statement on Iraq War Inquiry

Jun 15, 2009

British House of Commons

Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke in Parliament about an Iraq War inquiry which he said would be conducted in executive session to protect national security. He said the inquiry would be extensive and comprehensive but that private interviews and information-gathering would allow for more candid accounts while ensuring Britain's national .. Read More
Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke in Parliament about an Iraq War inquiry which he said would be conducted in executive session to protect national security. He said the inquiry would be extensive and comprehensive but that private interviews and information-gathering would allow for more candid accounts while ensuring Britain's national security.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:12 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, WITH YOUR PERMISSION THE WHOLE HOUSE WILL WANT TO JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING OUR CONDOLENCES...
00:12:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER, TO ENJOIN THE PRIME MINISTER ENCLAVE TO BID TO THE PRIVATE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN...
00:19:01 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, FIRST OF ALL, OF I THINK OF FOR THE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT OUR SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED IN...
00:21:36 Unidentified Speaker IN THE FUTURE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IRAQ AND IS HIGHLY SURPRISING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN...
00:24:04 Unidentified Speaker I EXPRESS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE LIEUTENANTS AND PRIVATE WHICH TRAGICALLY LOST...
00:26:08 Unidentified Speaker HE SAYS THE INQUIRY HAS BEEN HELD IN PRIVATE TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY -- IN OF TO ME SUSPICIOUSLY...
00:28:18 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE] AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN IRAQ AND NOTHING ANYBODY THAT SAYS TODAY TAKES AWAY...
00:31:02 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, I SAW NO SECRET MATERIALS, NO PRIVATE PRINTING AND A 30 YEAR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE IRAQI...
00:31:29 Unidentified Speaker I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK BY A HONORABLE FRIEND HAS DONE IN IRAQ WITH THE KURDISH POPULATION, SHE...
00:31:38 Unidentified Speaker PARTICULARLY FOR THE WAY SHE HAS PROTECTED THE INTERESTS OF THE KURDISH POPULATION TO OTHERWISE UNDER...
00:32:08 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, AS SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTED THE WAR AND I HAVE TO SAY AND IS TIMIDLY CONTINUES TO BELIEVE...
00:32:58 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, ALL THE MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO ARE AT A SENIOR LEVEL AND EITHER RETIRED OR SERVING OFFICERS...
00:34:16 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. I TOO WELL, THE REMOVAL OF THE BRUTAL FASCIST REGIME OF SADDAM HUSSEIN AND...
00:34:53 Unidentified Speaker I DO AGREE THERE IS A SERIES OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CONFLICT BROKE OUT IN 2003....
00:35:40 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, WE ALL WELL, THIS BUT THE IMPORTANT ISSUE IS PUT DIFFERENTLY AND IRAQIS COULD NOT HAVE...
00:36:50 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, I DO REGRET THE LIVES OF ALL OF THOSE WHO SUFFERED AN AND THE LOSS OF LIFE AMONG SENATE...
00:38:19 Unidentified Speaker CAN I WELCOME THE INQUIRY AND SAY I AM SURPRISED THE TWO LEADERS OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY WHO ARE INSISTING...
00:39:14 Unidentified Speaker I AM GRATEFUL TO MY RIGHT HONORABLE FRIEND AND THE INTEREST HE HAS TAKEN IN THE ISSUES OVER MANY YEARS...
00:40:02 Unidentified Speaker AS A DECLARED IT SKEPTIC AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER 92 OF THE EXISTENCE OF THESE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,...
00:41:07 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, I DISAGREE BEEN SHOWN AT A POINT OF INQUIRY TO LOOK TO THOSE ISSUES AND THAT IS EXACTLY...
00:41:37 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CONFLICT TO POLITICAL MATTERS CRY OUT FOR EXPLANATION WHY THAN...
00:42:30 Unidentified Speaker MY HONORABLE FRIEND AS DEEPLY HELD VIEWS ON THE ISSUES HE HAS JUST RAISED, NO DOUBT HE ALSO WILL BE...
00:42:47 Unidentified Speaker MAY I SAY TO THE PRIME MINISTER THAT I PROFOUNDLY REGRET THE NATURE OF THE INQUIRY WHICH HE HAS ANNOUNCED...
00:43:36 Unidentified Speaker I SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE LIBERAL PARTY ARE FORGETTING THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY, IT IS INDEPENDENT...
00:44:39 Unidentified Speaker THE PRIME MINISTER DID NOT ANSWER THE KEY QUESTION WHICH IS, WILL EVIDENCE BEING GIVEN UNDER OATH?...
00:45:09 Unidentified Speaker THE TERMS UNDER WHICH GIVEN WILL BE A MATTER WE WILL COMMENT ON AND REPORT LATER BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY...
00:45:34 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, THE DELAY IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE DETAILS AND THE SCOPE OF...
00:46:16 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, THE FRANC'S INQUIRY WAS A REPORT THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT HAVING AN INTERIM REPORT, THE...
00:47:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. THIS INQUIRY IS PART OF A PROCESS OF HOLDING THE SECRETARY'S ACCOUNT, THIS...
00:47:45 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND YOU FEEL STRONGLY BUT SHE MUST KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A FORMER INQUIRY BY SUCH COMMITTEE...
00:49:13 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, I DISAGREE. THE INQUIRY HAS GOT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE INTEREST OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY,...
00:50:01 Unidentified Speaker FRANKS WAS 25 YEARS AGO AND THE WHOLE CLIMATE OF OPINION HAS CHANGED SINCE THE SECRET FRANK INQUIRY...
00:50:49 Unidentified Speaker THE CABINET SECRETARY DID DISCUSS WITH THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION AND LIBERAL PARTY ISSUES RELATED TO...
00:51:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER, THE EVIDENCE OF THE IRANIAN ELECTIONS OF THE WEEKEND WILL DEMONSTRATE JUST...
00:52:11 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, I THINK THE HONORABLE MEMBER TAKES A GREAT INTEREST WILL KNOW WE HAVE SIGNED A NEW AGREEMENT...
00:52:45 Unidentified Speaker I FULLY UNDERSTAND APPROPRIATE FOR MIKE RIGHT HONORABLE FRIEND PRIME MINISTER TO GO INTO DETAIL AND...
00:53:06 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS BY HONORABLE FRIEND EXPRESSES AND SHE'S BEEN A BUSY LONDON ASKING OF THE...
00:53:37 Unidentified Speaker CAN I REMIND THE PRIME MINISTER HE HAS YET TO ASK ABOUT EVIDENCE ON OATH. IN HIS PRESENTATION OF THE...
00:55:16 Unidentified Speaker I VERY MUCH WELCOME THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN INQUIRY TODAY, BUT CAN I ASK MY FRIEND TO REVISIT IN SOME...
00:55:35 Unidentified Speaker IT SURELY IS TO ESTABLISH THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED. THAT MUST BE THE PURPOSE OF THE INQUIRY. MSA...
00:57:12 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IN THE ANSWER THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE TO MY FRIEND SUGGESTED THAT HAVING THIS...
00:58:20 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, HE ASKED THAT THE INQUIRY DEAL WITH ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RUN UP TO THE CONFLICT. THAT...
00:59:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THE.
00:59:13 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE FELT EVER SINCE I CAME HERE, NUMBER ONE ASKED THE QUESTION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT, DURING THAT...
00:59:57 Unidentified Speaker MR. SPEAKER, I'M GOING TO DOCUMENT OR HE HAS ALWAYS STOOD BY THE ARMED FORCES OF HIS COUNTRY WHEN...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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