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Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama's inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation.

~Des Browne

Topics: Achievement Been Changed Does Election Expectations Global He High High Expectations His Historic Inauguration Journey Live Major Man Milestone Nation Obama Office Powerful Up Whatever World

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The process of establishing the identity of passport applicants needs to be strengthened by introducing a requirement for some applicants to attend a passport office in person.

~Des Browne

Topics: Attend Establishing Identity Introducing Needs Office Passport Person Process Requirement Some Strengthened

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We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment which we should not make a decision that deprives future generations of the deterrent effect that the nuclear weapons have provided for us and for almost all of my life.

~Des Browne

Topics: Almost Almost All Decision Deterrent Effect Environment Future Future Generations Generations Itself Life Live Make My Life Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Provided Should Think Uncertain Uncertainty Us Very Weapons Which World I Think

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I do not believe it makes sense to say that nuclear weapons are inherently evil. In certain circumstances, they can play a positive role - as they have in the past. But clearly they have a power to do great harm.

~Des Browne

Topics: Believe Certain Circumstances Clearly Evil Great Harm In The Past Inherently Makes Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Past Play Positive Power Role Say Sense Weapons

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Are we prepared to tolerate a world in which countries which care about morality lay down their nuclear weapons, leaving others to threaten the rest of the world or hold it to ransom?

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Topics: About Care Countries Down Hold Lay Leaving Morality Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Others Prepared Rest Threaten Tolerate Weapons Which World

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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.

~Des Browne

Topics: Address Barack Barack Obama Being Crowded Days His History Honoured Made Mall Million Million People More National New Obama Over People President Soaring Some Sworn Than Washington Watch Yesterday

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The Helmand area used to be the breadbasket of Afghanistan. There was a time when a substantial number of the grapes we ate came from Afghanistan.

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Topics: Afghanistan Area Ate Came Grapes Number Substantial Time Used

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What you need to do in conflict resolution is to bring the people who believe that the answer to their political ambitions will be achieved through violence into a frame of mind that they accept that their political ambitions will be delivered by politics.

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Topics: Accept Achieved Ambition Answer Believe Bring Conflict Delivered Frame Mind Need People Political Politics Resolution Through Violence Who Will You

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You can't talk about defeating insurgencies in the same way that you can with a conventional army.

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Topics: About Army Conventional Defeating Same Talk Way You

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The ability to send applications by post allows fraudsters to apply in false or stolen identities without fear of arrest and to make multiple applications in the hope of getting one through. It allows the possibility of passports being applied for with the photographs of people who are outside the U.K. and seeking to enter illegally.

~Des Browne

Topics: Ability Applications Applied Apply Arrest Being Enter False Fear Getting Hope Identities Make Multiple Outside People Photographs Possibility Post Seeking Send Stolen Through Who Without

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: March 22nd, 1952

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