Korea's Seung-Hoon Lee collected a surprise silver with Russian Ivan Skobrev taking the bronze.
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Shadow defence spokesman Bernard Jenkin criticised Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon for not making the statement himself.
However, Yoo Jae-hoon, a spokesman for South Korea's Financial Supervisory Commission, denied any statement was made.
Mr Hoon is also expected to publish an assessment of Britain's role in Iraq.
Geoff Hoon is promoted to Minister of State but stays in the Lord Chancellor's Department.
"It is inconceivable that Geoff Hoon would not have discussed it with Alastair Campbell, " she added.
Short blamed not only Hoon, but also Downing Street communications director Alastair Campbell, for Kelly's identification.
The 30-year-old, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, is doing compulsory military service until this year.
Team director Choi Jung To turned to Kim Kyung Hoon to fill the vacuum.
But many of the reasons for those shortfalls had little to do with Mr Hoon.
"Saddam Hussein has had years in which to co-operate, " Mr Hoon told Sir David Frost.
Mr Hoon is also unlikely to spell out the implications of the strategy in terms of personnel.
Furiously mincing his words, Mr Hoon said he regretted her husband's death, but hasn't apologised for it.
Tensions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir dominated Mr Hoon's talks with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad on Wednesday.
However, The Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon, denies long term targets will be set aside for short term benefits.
But Lord Hutton's inquiry has disclosed that Mr Hoon knew that the disagreements were more serious than that.
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In South Korea, President Roh Myu-hoon and his leftist Uri Party seemed to be heading toward electoral defeat.
Both Mr Blair and Mr Hoon said that they were insistent that normal civil service procedures be followed.
Labour MP Eric Joyce, suggested Mr Hoon and Mrs Hewitt had been encouraged by a few senior Labour figures.
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There is also a suspicion that Mr Hoon's plans will reflect penny-pinching as much as strategy, Atlanticist or otherwise.
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said that 600 soldiers from the Scottish infantry regiment were being sent back to Iraq.
But it was revealed that Hoon chatted with Kelly after the two "bumped" into each other in a canteen.
The committee's damning judgment on Mr Hoon may eventually force him to resign.
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At the news conference, Mr Hoon also confirmed America had asked if the UK would provide troops for a possible Iraq war.
The Conservatives, Mr Hoon said, had cut army numbers, scrapped regiments, cut troops' medical support and cut the defence budget.
Mr Hoon confirmed that if military action goes ahead, Britain would reserve its right to use nuclear weapons if attacked.
Hoon repeated Wednesday that he was not disappointed by the coalition's failure to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Back in October, he publicly disagreed with Mr Hoon, who had said the marines were ready to go straight to Afghanistan.
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The affair has lengthened still further the odds that Geoff Hoon, the defence minister, will manage to cling to his job.
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