Mr.Brown directly addressed comments, made in a local newspaper, by the outgoing Foreign Office minister that the troops did not have enough helicopters.

VOA: standard.2009.07.22

But the level of criticism is growing here. The latest person to ask how much longer will British forces be deployed in Afghanistan is former Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"And that has been confirmed by people on the ground." Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch Brown quickly retracted his statement, saying he agreed with the prime minister that the number of helicopters was sufficient for the current operation.

VOA: standard.2009.07.22

While Foreign Office officials will not confirm or deny the widespread media reports here that two Britons employed as private security guards in Iraq have died in captivity, various accounts point to the likelihood that Alan McMenemy and Alec MacLachlan are probably dead.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29