Margaret Beckett
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Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett is a British politician who was the United Kingdom's first female Foreign Secretary and a member of Parliament for more than 45 years, first from 1974 to 1979 a
Official portrait, 2020
Beckett appears with US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, following her appointment as Foreign Secretary
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
Margaret Beckett
…Agency when she had been Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Following the 2006 local elections, Blair demoted Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and appointed Beckett as Straw's successor. She was the first woman to hold the post, and only the second woman (after Margaret Thatcher) to hold one…
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