Bill Rammell, Armed Forces Minister, spoke at RUSI on the role of defence in CT; a very broad brush and nothing startling. There is a part about HMG explaining policy on Afghanistan better: http://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E4A6F3C9D55E2D/

The speech was picked up by the main media, but I missed it. A speech at RUSI is hardly public engagement, although the Q&A session featured critical, polite questions (mainly from the press).

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