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<title>EIN News: UK Des Browne News</title>
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<title>Still short of equipment and facing a more confident enemy, British frustration grows</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184437597</link>
<pubDate>22 Aug 2008 00:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Frustration at the perceived failure of other Nato countries to pull their weight prompted Des Browne, the defence secretary, recently to deliver a remarkably strong attack on the alliance&apos;s failings.  ...
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<title>Election fight on PM&apos;s own doorstep</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184319433</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 11:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  service led by John Allan, a family friend, was also attended by Scottish Secretary Des Browne, two former first ministers Henry McLeish and Jack McConnell, Sir Menzies Campbell and many  ...
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<title>&apos;Come clean over Typhoon gossip&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184317972</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  this will someone please stand up. &quot;There are a lot of unknowns. Defence secretary Des Browne has refused to indicate in any kind of direction, but it is a discussion  ...
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<title>Family tells of grief after Scots soldier hero dad killed in Afghanistan blast</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184103477</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 06:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of us all are with the family at this most difficult time.&quot; Defence Secretary Des Browne said yesterday: &quot;I was extremely saddened to hear of the death of Corporal Dempsey  ...
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<title>&apos;Hero&apos; father killed in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184095603</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 06:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  whenever he talked about his family, and his world revolved around his two children. Des Browne, the Defence Secretary, said: &quot;Cpl Dempsey was a selfless and brave professional, putting himself  ...
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<title>Personal data of 4m lost in a year</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184095437</link>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2008 06:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The Ministry of Defence lost an unencrypted laptop, a matter on which Defence Secretary Des Brown reported to the Commons in January. The computer contained 620,000 personal records, including bank  ...
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<title>Helicopter programme at risk in cash squeeze</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184056851</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 23:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  be discussed at a meeting of senior defence officials and service chiefs on Monday. Des Browne, secretary of state for defence, will chair the meeting. Senior defence sources said on  ...
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<title>Scots medic killed by Afghan bomb died doing job he loved, says wife</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184056685</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 23:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Of those, the MoD said 85 were killed as a result of hostile action. Des Browne, Defence Secretary, said: &quot;I was extremely saddened to hear of the death of Cpl  ...
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<title>Devoted &apos;hero&apos; father killed on patrol in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184053686</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  whenever he talked about his family, and his world revolved around his two children. Des Browne, the Defence Secretary, said: &quot;Cpl Dempsey was a selfless and brave professional, putting himself  ...
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<title>MoD &apos;lurching from crisis to crisis&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184049663</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  updated: August 19 2008 23:31 In recent months, Britains Ministry of Defence, led by Des Browne, has faced headline after headline exposing its alleged failings  from an inability to  ...
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<title>Personal details of 4m lost by Whitehall in a year</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184046404</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 22:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The Ministry of Defence lost an unencrypted laptop, a matter on which Defence Secretary Des Brown reported to the Commons in January. The computer contained 620,000 personal records, including bank  ...
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<title>Widow mourns &apos;heroic&apos; UK soldier</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184007429</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  loving family man, we have lost a great friend and fellow soldier.&quot; Defence Secretary Des Browne said: &quot;I was extremely saddened to hear of the death of Cpl Dempsey yesterday  ...
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<title>Scot named as latest British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184001729</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  loving family man, we have lost a great friend and fellow soldier.&quot; Defence Secretary Des Browne said: &quot;I was extremely saddened to hear of the death of Cpl Dempsey yesterday  ...
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<title>A British soldier killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan has been named.</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=183997481</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 16:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  those, the MoD said 85 have been killed as a result of hostile action. Des Browne, Secretary of State for Defence, said: &quot;I was extremely saddened to hear of the  ...
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<title>UK soldier killed in Afghanistan named</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=183993245</link>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2008 16:14 GMT</pubDate>
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...  sustained the real loss. They are ever in our thoughts and prayers.&quot; Defence secretary Des Browne added: &quot;I was extremely saddened to hear of the death of Cpl Dempsey yesterday  ...
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