Jack Straw
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John Whitaker Straw is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of Sta
Official portrait, 2015
Straw appears at a press conference with United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
Straw meets with US Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz and UK Ambassador to the US Christopher Meyer in 2001.
Official portrait, 2007
Robin Cook
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Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 unti
Jack Straw
…that devolution provides us with and because we're becoming more European at the same time." Straw was appointed Foreign Secretary in 2001 to succeed Robin Cook. Within months, Straw was confronted by the September 11 attacks in the United States. He was initially seen as taking a back seat to Tony Blair in Her…
Official portrait, 2000
Cook with United States Secretary of Defense William Cohen in December 1997