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Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox announced today that the Rt Hon Lord Philip will chair the independent review of the evidence into the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash.

• Updated: 16 September 2010

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Lord Levene, a former Chief of Defence Procurement and now Chairman of Lloyd's of London, yesterday chaired the inaugural meeting of the steering group overseeing the Defence Reform Review.

• Updated: 7 September 2010

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Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox is in Paris to meet with his French counterpart Defence Minister Hervé Morin to discuss issues including NATO reform and the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.

• Updated: 3 September 2010

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Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors on Friday, 13 August 2010.

• Updated: 13 August 2010

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Dr Liam Fox met the crews and support personnel behind the RAF’s combat intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR…

• Updated: 5 August 2010

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Following a top-level briefing at the Royal Navy’s fleet headquarters at Portsmouth Naval Base on current overseas operational commitments, …

• Updated: 4 August 2010

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The UK's Defence and Foreign Secretaries today met with their Italian counterparts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss the ongoing working relationship of the two nations as part of the International Secur…

• Updated: 21 July 2010

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Speech by Dr Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence

• Updated: 20 July 2010

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Dr Fox said he was committed to two things. Firstly to play his part in improving the country’s fiscal position and he said his second commitment…

• Updated: 20 July 2010

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Currently serving as the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir David Richards will take up the post of Chief of the Defence Staff in October…

• Updated: 14 July 2010

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16 Air Assault Brigade will replace 4th Mechanized Brigade in October 2010 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced today, Wednesday 14 July 2010.

• Updated: 14 July 2010

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Speech by Dr Liam Fox Secretary of State for Defence.

• Updated: 13 July 2010

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The Secretary General is in London for a series of meetings with senior political figures and met the Defence Secretary to discuss NATO strategy…

• Updated: 13 July 2010

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It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Marine David Charles Hart from 40 Commando Royal Marines was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday 8 July 2010.

• Updated: 10 July 2010

Changes to the international force structure in southern Afghanistan, including the deployment of the UK's Theatre Reserve Battalion and the redeployment of British troops from Sangin to central Helmand, have been annou…

• Updated: 7 July 2010

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The government is providing £189m from the Treasury Reserve for new equipment for UK troops in support of operations in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced today.

• Updated: 7 July 2010

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Dr Fox said during a defence debate in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government has committed to maintaining Britain’s nuclear deterrent…

• Updated: 6 July 2010

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Dr Fox robustly called for the US to ratify the treaty between Britain and the Americans. Both governments signed the treaty three years ago…

• Updated: 2 July 2010

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UK Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, has visited the heart of the United States' military command tackling the war in Afghanistan.

• Updated: 1 July 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Speech by Dr Liam Fox Secretary of State for Defence.

• Updated: 30 June 2010

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