PM defends Afghan mission
GORDON BROWN will tonight mount a defence of Britain's military mission in Afghanistan, claiming al-Qaeda poses the biggest source of threat to UK security.
Speaking at the Lord Mayor of London's Banquet, Mr Brown will say that Britain needs a foreign policy that is both "patriotic and internationalist".
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Monday 13 February 2012
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