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POLICY. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID RAM CAMERON WARNED OF PAIN AS HIS COMPANY CUTS MONEY TO BRING DOWN DEBT. >>> TOMORROW AFTERNOON, YES. WE LOOK FORWARD...
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| 00:00:45 |
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THEN. I'M GETTING AWAY FROM THE FOREIGN SECRETARY. EVERYONE'S GOT QUESTIONS. WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR A TWO-HOUR SLOT. YOU SAID YOU RETURNED TO FRONT LEDGE...
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| 00:01:25 |
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YOU GET TO KNOW OR THINK YOU GET TO KNOW THE ORGANIZATION TO SOME EXTENT FROM THE OUTSIDE. AS YOU KNOW FROM READING THAT SPEECH, IT'S MY DETERMINATION...
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| 00:03:37 |
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YOU HAD TO MODIFY YOUR APPROACH AS A RESULT OF THE COALITION? HAVE ANY FCO ISSUES BEEN REFERRED TO THE COALITION COMMITTEE? IF SO, WHAT? >> THERE...
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| 00:03:57 |
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WITH WITHIN THE ORIGINAL COALITION AGREEMENT, WHICH I TOOK PART IN NEGOTIATING. YOU CAN SAY THERE WAS SOME INEVITABLE POLICY COMPROMISES. THAT WAS TRUE...
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| 00:06:33 |
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U.S. IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP. LAST WEEK I WAS IN NORTHERN-MOST GREENLAND WITH THE PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE COMMITTEE AT THE U.S. BASE. AS YOU...
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| 00:08:08 |
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SAY THAT ON SUCH ISSUES, WE WILL WANT TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS WE ALWAYS HAVE. MANY OF THESE SYSTEMS, AS YOU SAY,...
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| 00:08:40 |
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IT IN A LETTER. >>
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ABSOLUTELY. >> FOREIGN SECRETARY,
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A QUESTION ON FINANCES AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE
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DEPARTMENT. >> JUST BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION, YOUR PREDECESSOR, DAVID
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| 00:09:03 |
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MILL YOUBAND, GOT SOME FUNDING FROM THE TREASURY TO COPE WITH THE CRISIS THAT THE FCO WAS HAVING LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE FIRST DECISIONS OF THE COALITION...
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| 00:10:18 |
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AFFAIRS. THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD ALWAYS FIGHT VERY STRONG TO MAINTAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SPEECHES I'VE MADE IN THE PAST AND WOULD CONTINUE TO...
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| 00:13:47 |
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ARE YOU NOW ARGUING WITH THE CHANCELLOR, AND IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SPENDING ARY VIEW PROCESS, THAT THE FCO SHOULD TAKE A SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER BUDGET...
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| 00:14:08 |
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TOGETHER. LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. I'VE TRIED TO MAKE THAT THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT IS CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT THE FCO HAD A LARGE UNPLANNED REDUCTION...
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| 00:15:09 |
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CERTAIN POSTS AND OPEN OTHER
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| 00:15:12 |
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POSTS. THERE ARE I THINK 254 FCO POSTS, 140 OF THEM ARE ACTUAL SOVEREIGN POSTS IN THE CAPITALS OF OTHER COUNTRIES. A CASE CAN SOMETIMES BE MADE, ...
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| 00:16:05 |
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OVERSEAS. BUT THERE'S A LONG-STANDING PRINCIPLE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GLOBAL REACH IN THE NETWORK AND A NETWORK OF SOVEREIGN POSTS WHICH ENABLES US TO...
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| 00:16:32 |
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SECRETARY. IS IT TRUE THAT YOU'RE EFFECTIVELY -- I TAKE THIS FROM YOUR WRITTEN RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALSO SENT TO US -- YOU'RE REFERRING...
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| 00:17:15 |
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DEVELOPMENT. IN THE LAST YEAR, WITHIN137 MILLION POUNDS WAS THE FIGURE. YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SPENDING. YOU'RE...
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| 00:18:27 |
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WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE OUTCOME OF COMPREHENSIVE SPENCING. WHAT'S RING FENCED IS NO DEPARTMENTS. BUT IT'S THE --
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| 00:18:36 |
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SPENDING 0.7% ON OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THE RING-FENCED DEVELOPMENT -- >> YOU'RE TWEAKING THE DEFINITION? >> 137 MILLION IN FCO SPENDING CALLS...
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| 00:18:52 |
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CATEGORY. CLEARLY, WE CAN GO INTO
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| 00:18:56 |
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THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL. MR. CHAIRMAN, MIGHT WANT TO. I DON'T KNOW. WHEN WE HAVE THE OUTCOME OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SPENDING ARY VIEW. IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY...
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| 00:19:20 |
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STAR CHAMBER THAT PRESUMABLY YOU CAN GIVE THEM TO YOUR FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE. YOU HAVE A FIRST AMOUNT OF EQUAL STATUS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES. DOES...
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| 00:19:55 |
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DEFENDING MY CORNER AT THE SAME TIME. THE FCO SPENDING IS 0.3% OF TOTAL SPENDING. THE FOREIGN SECRETARY IS IN A GOOD POSITION TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE....
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| 00:20:23 |
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COMES OUT. YOU'VE BEEN QUITE CLEAR YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND YOUR EFFORT IN CERTAIN AREAS, TRADE, INDIA, RUSSIA AND THE GULF AS WELL. YET YOU ARE FACING...
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| 00:20:50 |
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SO. PART OF THIS IS THE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT WORKING TOGETHER. ONE OF MY OBJECTIVES IS THAT FOREIGN POLICY RUNS THROUGH THE VEINS OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS...
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| 00:23:18 |
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MUCH. THE FOREIGN OFFICE HAS BEEN A VICTIM IN THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS WHERE IT'S BEEN INCREASINGLY MARGINALIZED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH OTHER AGENDAS....
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| 00:23:29 |
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| 00:47:57 |
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| 00:52:39 |
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OUR OBJECTIVE BY 2015. ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AND WILL STAND BY ITS STATEMENT THAT WE'LL BE WITHDRAWING IN 2015, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'VE ACHIEVED...
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| 00:53:42 |
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BY 2015. THE PREMISE IS VERY CLEAR, THERE WILL NOT BE BRITISH TROOPS IN A COMBAT ROLE OR IN THE NUMBERS IN AFGHANISTAN BY 2015. >> REGARDLESS OF WHETHER...
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| 00:53:59 |
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IT. OF COURSE, THERE SHOULD BE TROOPS IN THE TRAINING. AND AS PART OF WHY THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN THE LONGER TERM AS WE HAVE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES....
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| 00:55:18 |
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RIGHTFULLY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE VICTORY AGAINST THE TALIBAN IS AS FAR OFF AS EVER. THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TROOPS GETTING IN. WE'VE...
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| 00:56:21 |
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THERE'S NO MOMENT WHERE WE SAY, WE'VE WON EVERYTHING IN THE SENSE OF WINNING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AT SOME POINT THE MILITARY EFFORT PRODUCES A COUNTRY...
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| 00:58:45 |
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SAY. THERE CANNOT BE MILITARY SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS. LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE -- I WOULD PUT TO THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, I DOUBT WE'RE WINNING THE HEARTS...
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| 01:00:00 |
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COUNTRY LIKE AFGHANISTAN ARE QUITE DIFFICULT TO CONDUCT. THEY HAVE SHOWN ALONG THE OTHER THINGS YOU MENTIONED. THEY HAVE SHOWN THE MAJORITY PEOPLE...
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| 01:01:43 |
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LOT OF THE TIME WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A POLITICAL STRATEGY IN THE SORT OF HOLY GRAIL IN AFGHANISTAN.
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| 01:01:50 |
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AND SEEING A LOT OF OBSTACLES TO IT, THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TOTALLY BEHIND IT. THE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T...
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| 01:02:23 |
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PRESIDENT KARZAI RECEIVED THE SUPPORT TO UNDERTAKE THAT PROCESS. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO SIT HERE IN LONDON AND LAY DOWN. THIS IS THE...
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| 01:03:34 |
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OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT WILL BE THE POSITION THAT THAT DATE -- IRRESPECTIVE OF THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT? >> THIS IS THE UNITED...
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| 01:03:49 |
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OUT OUR POSITION, WE WILL MAINTAIN IT. >> THE ANSWER IS YES? >> THE ANSWER IS THE ONE I GAVE. >> SO THE AVOIDANCE -- >> WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF THE...
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| 01:04:06 |
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SUPPORT AS SOON AS THE AFGHAN NATION IS ABLE TO LOOK AFTER ITSELF, WE WILL WITHDRAW. WHAT'S THE ADDVANCES YOU SEE TO 2015. IT SEEMS TO SOME PEOPLE, IT'S...
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| 01:04:36 |
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IT IS FURTHER AWAY THAN THE INITIAL DEPLOYMENT OF OUR TROOPS INLE HELMOND IS BACK. IT'S STILL TALKING ABOUT A VERY LONG MILITARY COMMITMENT. LET'S...
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| 01:06:05 |
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HAVE TO APPLY REASONABLE SECURITY IN THE COUNTRY. A FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT IS CROSS COUNTRY BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. DO YOU...
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| 01:07:01 |
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IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO BE MORE DIFFICULT. AND IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE BORDER BETWEEN THE BORDER OF IRELAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF...
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| 01:08:07 |
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ON THE AFTER BEGAN TERRITORY. >> WHAT A SURPRISE. >> YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM OBTAINS SOVEREIGNTY
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| 01:08:19 |
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FROM OVER 17 COUNTRIES FROM THE BRITISH/INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, 16 TERRITORIES FOR WHOM WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY,...
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| 01:10:00 |
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MORE STRONGLY. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A CLEAR STRATEGY IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES. I THINK WE SHOULD...
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| 01:12:55 |
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DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE THAT MAY HELP TO ASSESS WHY IN FACT THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES REMAIN UNDER THE FOREIGN OFFICE MUCH THE CROWN DEPENDENCIES REMAIN...
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| 01:14:27 |
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NCO HAS COMMITTED 3 MILLION POUNDS OVER TWO YEARS TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR TO IMPLEMENT THE REGULATIONS OF THE INQUIRY. THERE ARE SOME U.K. RECRUITS...
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| 01:16:50 |
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HOURS -- I'M LOOKING AT THIS IN GREAT DETAIL. IT IS ONE OF THOSE LONGSTANDING FRUSTRATING ISSUES AT GREAT PARLIAMENTARY CAUSE. AND I FEEL THAT IT'S...
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| 01:19:40 |
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LATER THIS YEAR DOING A REPORT ENTITLED THE FCO, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SPENDING REVIEW TO COME OUT AND THE DEFENSE REVIEW. AS YOU'LL HEAR, WE WANT...
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| 01:20:07 |
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SIES WHICH I'VE READ. IN ONE SPEECH YOU SAID THE WORLD IS MORE UNILATERAL, IT IS ALSO MORE BILATERAL. HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE RISK THAT'S STRONG AND UNCOORDINATED...
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| 01:20:58 |
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EFFECTIVELY. A LOT OF MY TIME SO FAR HAS BEEN DOING THAT. THE SANCTIONS PACKAGE THAT WE AGREE AT THE END OF JULY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON IRAN,...
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| 01:22:40 |
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PLAYING OUR ROLE. HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT CAN'T DEAL WITH ALL OF OUR REFINEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE EUROPEAN UNION...
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| 01:25:30 |
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THAT PAKISTAN WAS BASING BOTH WAYS ON TERRORISM, AND IN TURKEY, HE STATED THAT GAZA WAS A PRISON CAMP. ISN'T THERE A RISK? I MEAN, IN SOME AREAS HE...
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| 01:26:20 |
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NEVER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. YOU'RE ASKED ABOUT THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME. OUR POSITION -- OUR VIEW ON GAZA, WHICH I...
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| 01:28:02 |
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PRESIDENT SUDARI WAS IN THE U.K., DIDN'T HIS COMMENTS MAKE THE MEETING MORE DIFFICULT. DID THE PRIME MINISTER SEEK YOUR ADVICE BEFORE USING THOSE...
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| 01:28:33 |
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MINISTER -- DO WE ALL TALK AND ADVISE EACH OTHER? YES, INDEED, IT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS GOVERNMENT -- THAT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE OF GOVERNMENTS...
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| 01:29:23 |
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DELEGATION HAS BEEN TO THE U.K., RELATIONS ARE GOOD. WE MUST COMMUNICATE TO THE
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| 01:29:30 |
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PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN, NOT JUST TO THE GOVERNMENT, THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN PAKISTAN NOT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE THREATS TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY THAT EMANATE...
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| 01:30:58 |
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IN PAKISTAN, RATHER THAN WAIT -- AND WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN BETTER -- AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN THE COUNTRY? >> WE'LL BE GOING TO THESE PLACES TOO, SO STAND...
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| 01:31:17 |
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IN THOSE COUNTRIES TOO. AS I SAY, I THINK IT IS -- I THINK IT WOULD BE WRONG TO BE BE CRITICAL JUST TO TALK ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN GENERAL,...
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| 01:32:55 |
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TIMES, WHAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED SO FAR? >> WELL, I THINK A GOOD DEAL. WE'VE MADE SOME CLARIFICATION ON PAKISTAN. YOU'VE
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| 01:33:12 |
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ASKED ME ABOUT THAT TODAY. WE HAVE TROOPS DEPLOYED TO SUCH AN EXTENT IN AFGHANISTAN, SO I THINK THE -- ON THAT AND ON MANY OTHER SUBJECTS, DEPARTMENTS...
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| 01:35:46 |
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RESPONSIBILITY AT MOVING FORWARD BY ITS VERY EXISTENCE? >> NO, NOT AT ALL, BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIME MINISTER. WE HAVE A PRIME MINISTER WHO VERY STRONGLY...
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| 01:35:58 |
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THAT THE FOREIGN OFFICE SHOULD HAVE IT'S PROPER ROLE IN GOVERNMENT. AND IT DOES MEAN THE FOREIGN OFFICE HAS TO STEP UP TO THE MARK. IF FOREIGN POLICY...
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| 01:37:27 |
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TO. THEY COULDN'T BE MORE IMPORTANT MEETINGS. I'M GOING TO END UP GIVING YOU ANOTHER ADVANTAGE, BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF A DISADVANTAGE. IT MEANS THE...
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| 01:38:39 |
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COMMENT ON THAT? >> NO, HE WAS THERE THIS MORNING. NO, HE'S -- ANY COMMENT ON THAT WILL HAVE TO
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| 01:38:49 |
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COME LATER. HE'S -- WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR TAKING ON. ON THE FIRST DAY, THE GOVERNMENT TOOK OFFICE. BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE RIGHT FOR...
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| 01:39:18 |
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THE PRONOUNCEMENTS ON THE FOCUS ON COMMERCE? AND WHAT, PARTICULARLY YOU'LL ACTUALLY STOP DOING, YOUR DIPLOMATS WILL STOP DOING. THEY'LL BE PROMOTERS...
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| 01:39:54 |
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HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SKILLS AND THE BACKGROUND TO BE ABLE TO BE OF SOME ASSISTANCE? >> YES, VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. WELL, YOU CAN SEE OUR COMMITMENT...
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| 01:40:08 |
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THE NEW PERMANENT SECRETARY HAS COME FROM THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. I THINK I'LL ASK HIM TO SAY A WORD IN A MOMENT ABOUT THE SKILLS ON WHICH WE ALREADY...
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| 01:41:58 |
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THINK IT'S JUST THAT IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE, GIVEN THE WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PARTICULAR FOCUS IN WHAT WE DO IN THE FOREIGN...
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| 01:44:12 |
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DIPLOMATS ARE PROMOTED AS A TRADE. IF THOSE DIPLOMATS BELIEVE YOU SET SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY ON TRADE, ISN'T IT LIKELY THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WERE SPEAKING...
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| 01:44:58 |
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HAVE A SORT OF BUSINESS -- A SET PRIORITIES FOR THEIR COUNTRY. AND, OF COURSE, IN THE CASE OF CHINA, THERE WILL BE PRIORITIES RELATING TO DEVELOPING...
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| 01:45:48 |
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ON HANDLING RELATIONS WITH CHINA, AND BUILDING UP THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE WITH CHINA, AND ADDING TO IT IN THE CLOSING WEEKS IN THE LAST GOVERNMENT,...
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| 01:46:47 |
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THE RECRUITMENT? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT POLICIES, DIFFERENT SKILLS THAN YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST? >> WELL, I THINK -- AGAIN, MORE EXPERIENCE...
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| 01:47:02 |
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ALL SORTS WAYS. INCLUDING BUSINESS, HEADS OF SUBMISSION BEFORE THEY ARE POSTED. PLUS TRAINING PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. WE CAN USE PRIVATE SECTORS TO...
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| 01:47:28 |
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OF ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE TRAIN THEM THROUGH THEIR CAREERS. I THINK THE TRAINING THAT WE OFFER IN THE OFFICE, IN THE FOREIGN...
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| 01:48:28 |
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VERY, VERY MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS TO ITS CREDIT. BUT BEING BRUTALLY FRANK, IT HAS SOME VERY SERIOUS MOMENTS OF FAILURE, AND MOMENTS OF FAILURE WHEN...
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| 01:49:57 |
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PROMULGATED IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE WITHIN PURSUING, STRENGTHENING THE RULES SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF OUR VALUES, THE THREE KEY PRIORITY THAT'S WE HAVE...
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| 01:51:05 |
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INFORMED AD HOC FORUMS IN CONTRAST TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO, SUCH AS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE U.N., WHEREVER THERE'S A FIXED MEMBERSHIP AND AGREED AGENDA,...
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| 01:51:39 |
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OF NETWORKS OF BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE CENTRAL THRUST OF OUR APPROACH IS EXACTLY ON TO THIS POINT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PATTERNS...
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| 01:53:35 |
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WHATEVER FINAL SOLUTION DOES COME ABOUT, IT INVOLVING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TALIBAN? >> WELL, THAT GOES BACK TO THE ISSUE OF RECONCILIATION. AND WHICH...
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| 01:53:48 |
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BE AFGHAN-LED. NOW, HERE WE GET INTO THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE TALIBAN. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SINGLE ORGANIZATION. MANY DIFFERENT FACTIONS, MANY DIFFERENT...
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| 01:54:57 |
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CAN ARRANGE IT AND LIKEWISE, MR. FRASIER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. >> THANK
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YOU VERY MUCH. >>> AT LONG LAST, THE
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