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The Downing Street memo (or the Downing Street Minutes), sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the smoking gun memo, is the note of a 23 July 2002 secret meeting [1] [2] of senior British government, defence and intelligence figures discussing the build-up to the war, which included direct reference to classified United States policy of the time.
It was in this capacity that Rycroft issued the "Downing Street memo". During his time in Downing Street, in 2003, he was made a CBE. [4] From March 2005 to July 2008, Rycroft served as Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July 2008, he was appointed EU Director in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and then, in 2011, he became Chief ...
Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer holds aDowning Street press conference on Tuesday (20 January) as a public inquiry is announced into the Southport killings. The prime minister is set to speak at 8 ...
A COVID-19 press conference held during the pandemic in the Downing Street Briefing Room (January 2022). The Downing Street Press Briefing Room is a room in 9 Downing Street, used by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and other senior government officials to hold press briefings and deliver ministerial broadcasts.
Watch live as Rishi Sunak welcomes Joe Biden to 10 Downing Street. The prime minister and US president will meet for discussions that could touch on cluster munitions and Ukraine’s bid to join ...
Watch a live view outside Downing Street after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary on Monday, 13 November. Rishi Sunak is expected to conduct a cabinet reshuffle of his top team after ...
On February 5, 2003, the Secretary of State of the United States Colin Powell gave a PowerPoint presentation [1] [2] to the United Nations Security Council.He explained the rationale for the Iraq War which would start on March 19, 2003 with the invasion of Iraq.
A UN weapons inspector in Iraq. The White House Iraq Group (aka, White House Information Group or WHIG) was a working group of the White House set up in August 2002 and tasked with disseminating information supporting the positions of the George W. Bush administration relating to a possible invasion of Iraq, which would subsequently take place in March 2003.