Jack Straw
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Strawis an English politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout Brown's...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1946
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Agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union can and will begin in the very near future.
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The mere fact of having a Security Council meeting at ministerial level will send out a very sharp message indeed to the Syrians.
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And I think we need therefore to judge the contents of what is in any event an interim report, against the reasons why we took military action back in March.
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All United States presidents always say all options are open. But it is not on the table, it is not on the agenda. I happen to think that it is inconceivable,
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The Italians have shown consistently that they live by the rule of law. They have given these undertakings and we expect them to abide by them.
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It is a further illustration of the evil that we are dealing with,
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It is a frustrating situation that I hope and pray that we may be able to reach agreement,
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I think that his history of mendacity is so intense and so long-lasting that he wouldn't understand the truth if he fell over it.
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I think you ought to say so, otherwise your comparison is entirely worthless.
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Lack of political progress in solving the linked problems of security, infrastructure and the political process are undermining the consent of the Iraqi people to the coalition presence and providing fertile ground for extremists and terrorists,
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It is our decision as to whether or not we move a second resolution,
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It is inconceivable that military commanders would permit their troops to cross an international border without explicit political authorization to do so. That clearly would be a decision solely for your Government,
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The overall result is less than we hoped but more than we expected.
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For all the huge advances in the control of our lives through science and technology, an earthquake on this scale is truly humbling as well as profoundly tragic for everyone involved,