What has come to trouble me most over past weeks is the suspicion that if the hanging chads in Florida had gone the other way and Al Gore had been elected, we would not now be about to commit British troops.
Robert Finlayson Cook Quotes
I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.
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| Birth: | 28th February, 1946 |
| Death: | 6th August, 2005 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Politician |
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Robert Finlayson Cook , known as Robin Cook, was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Livingston from 1983 until his death, and notably served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001.
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