Des Browne
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Des Browne
Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladytonis a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliamentfor Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010. He was a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, until the latter moved him from both Defence and Scottish Secretary in 2008...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 March 1952
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There are some days when history is made. Yesterday was one - and I was honoured to be in Washington to watch Barack Obama being sworn in. During his soaring inaugural address, the new president gazed over a teeming National Mall that was crowded with more than a million people.
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I am sorry to be leaving the post of secretary of state for Scotland.