And it followed that there should be a more coherent personnel security approach for all royal households, with permanent staff, guests, visitors and especially contracted staff all carefully vetted.

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This journey around the summit represented a huge investment of time and attention: 11 days (counting travel time) out of the President's jammed schedule, participation of several Cabinet Secretaries, 225 staff members, hundreds of military and security personnel, all pursued by more than 400 journalists.

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The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said on Sunday that its staff was on lockdown as the attacks unfolded and that all of its personnel were accounted for and unhurt.

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