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"I'm not going to make a public promise that ministers will be able to meet literally every single bereaved family"

James Robbins interviews Defence Minister Mark Francois about the human cost of Afghan conflict

Release date:

03 January 2014

Duration:

7 minutes

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World at One—03/01/2014

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