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...Party faces a general election in the coming year against a Conservative opposition bolstered by public discontent over the Iraq war, has indicated that his government will search for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. At a speech at NATO headquarters in Brussels on July 27, Foreign Secretary David Milliband urged military commanders to open negotiations with midlevel Taliban leaders in order "to separate hard-line ideologues who are essentially irreconcilable and violent from those who can be drawn into a domestic political process." (Watch a TIME video with Gordon Brown...
...open challenge would likely come first as trial balloons from backbench "stalking horse" candidates, who could never win. But if the bidding were open, more prominent party figures, many of whom now argue passionately for unity behind Brown, could enter the ring. Among the names mentioned are David Milliband, the baby-faced but brilliant Foreign Secretary; Ed Balls, the Education Secretary, who was a key Brown operative in the years of covert internecine war against Tony Blair's camp; and the young Blairite James Purnell, who currently serves as Secretary of State for Works and Pensions. Even older figures such...
Pozen said she found out about the taping from Visiting Professor of Government Edward S. Miliband, who teaches Government 1140, “What’s Left? The Politics of Social Justice.” She said Milliband told her that the BBC needed more women for the show...
...whole process began in April 1996 when Hillary met with Blair, then in opposition. After Blair was elected last May, Clinton adviser SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL started working with Mandelson and Blair's chief of staff, DAVID MILLIBAND, to set up a more formal connection. In addition to Clinton and Blumenthal, the Americans at Chequers included Housing Secretary ANDREW CUOMO, Budget Director Franklin Raines, Deputy Treasury Secretary LAWRENCE SUMMERS and Democratic Leadership Council president AL FROM. Besides Blair and Mandelson, the Brits included Chancellor of the Exchequer GORDON BROWN; Baroness MARGARET JAY, deputy leader of the House of Lords; and ANTHONY GIDDENS...
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