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Article: Brown's Cabinet Choices Signal Divergent Course; British Prime Minister Picks Up-and-Comers
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- The Washington Post
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- June 29, 2007
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Gordon Brown, the new British prime minister, named political
veteran Alistair Darling, 53, to the powerful post of chancellor of
the exchequer and David Miliband, 41, the current environmental
secretary, to be foreign minister, the second-youngest in British
history.
Darling, known here for a solid, unruffled demeanor and a
surprising match of black eyebrows and white hair, takes the job
Brown himself held. Like Brown, he is from Scotland, which means the
two top posts in Britain are held by Scots.
In his first statement as prime minister, Brown on Wednesday
promised a "new government with new priorities." Political analysts
agreed he has brought in a crop of new names, many of them young ...