The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The defence secretary, John Hutton, will today send out a blunt warning to Germany that it needs to adopt a new policy towards Afghanistan and Nato if the alliance is not to decline rapidly into an irrelevance. His remarks in a speech in Berlin represent the start of a coordinated assault on the need for Germany to take a more interventionist role in Afghanistan. He will also warn Germany that it...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The future of Nato alliance is being put at risk by the refusal of members like Germany do more to support allied operations in Afghanistan John Hutton warns today.
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
And the winner is .... John Hutton. He may not be the most exciting of Cabinet ministers, but the Defence Secretary's web presence has been judged to be the best designed.
Defense Industrial Base (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Wednesday 19 November 2008 12:09 Ministry Of Defence (National) Hutton lets the dogs out Defence Secretary, John Hutton has unveiled, the Army's new £350M armoured support trucks, WOLFHOUND, HUSKY and COYOTE. The preferred bidders for each category of Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV) are: WOLFHOUND TSV (Heavy) - Based on Cougar 6x6 flatbed made by Force Protection Industries Inc; will support and re-supply...
KERRY MCCARTHY (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
In between votes today (we were on a running whip) I popped into the British Computer Society's MPs Websites Awards 2008 in the Strangers Dining Room. The overall winner of the Best MP's Website award was Derek Wyatt MP. Awards were also given for Best Design , to John Hutton MP, Best Accessibility , which went to Alan Johnson MP for the second year running, and Best Engagement . Modesty prevents me...
Defense Industrial Base (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Preferred bidders named for new breed of armoured vehicles An Equipment and Logistics news article 19 Nov 08 Troops on operations in Afghanistan will benefit from further improvements in safety and protection following the announcement, by Defence Secretary John Hutton, of Preferred Bidders for three new classes of armoured support vehicle. In October, John Hutton announced moves to acquire some 700...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
From The Telegraph: John Hutton, the Defence Secretary, has brought some refreshing realism to his new post. His pronouncements on Afghanistan have properly focused on the primary task, which is the protection of Britain from terrorist attack by the Islamist groups that previously established safe havens in the lawless country. In speeches, interviews and an appearance yesterday before the Commons...
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Britain will go-ahead with plans for two 65,000 ton class aircraft carriers, says John Hutton, the country's recently appointed secretary of state for defense. With London revisiting equipment and budgetary priorities there has been speculation that the carrier program, known as CVF, could be at risk. Hutton, however, is adamant the program will continue. "The carrier is definitely going to proceed,"...
Contemporary Nomad (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
In a follow-up to the previous post, I was dumbfounded to read comments today by the new British Defence Secretary, John Hutton, drawing the parallels between Afghanistan and the two global conflicts of the last century. Hutton claimed Afghanistan was as important to Britain’s national interest as those two wars had been, and went on to [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The armed forces need "breathing space" to equip them for challenges beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, John Hutton says.
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
One month on from being appointed Secretary of State for Defence, John Hutton has given a speech restating why 8,000 British troops are deployed to Afghanistan and "why they should stay until their job is complete". Read It Here "9/11, lest we ever forget, was a crime by Al Qaida against the entire civilised world. It was the largest and most spectacular in a series of attacks from embassies to night...
UK Commentators (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
There is a certain method in Labour's madness. Only the dumbing down of the education system (for which see here) could possibly allow John Hutton MP to think he'd get away with this : The need to stop Taleban control of Afghanistan is as significant as resisting Hitler's invasion of Poland, Defence Secretary John Hutton has said. Speaking on Armistice Day he said if the Taleban won, Britain would...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
British soldiers are fighting in Afghanistan in a conflict as fundamental to the UK's national security as the first and second world wars, John Hutton, the defence secretary, said yesterday. Choosing Armistice Day to make his maiden speech in the post, Hutton's clear message to the public was that the September 11 al-Qaida attacks on the US were as significant as the German invasion of Belgium in...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
I want to address directly those critics who claim our presence in Afghanistan is in neither our national interest nor that of the Afghans. The critics who doubt we can achieve our objectives. Who say the best thing we can do is to get out.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
From Yahoo News U.K./Politico U.K.: Afghanistan may be the defining conflict of the 21st century, defence secretary John Hutton has said. Skip related content In his first major speech since taking over from Des Browne last month, Mr Hutton argued Britain's continuing involvement in the country "was and remains in our national interest". Read more ....
