New U.K. Defense Secretary: ''Resources Tight''

By Douglas Barrie

LONDON — Liam Fox’s opening gambit as the U.K.’s secretary of state for defense includes the warning that “resources will be tight” and that the “organization and the structure” of the defense ministry will need to be re-examined.

Fox was appointed May 12, the day after the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties agreed to a deal covering ...

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