Meanwhile, Paul Ifill, John Oster and James Scowcroft are among nine first-team players that are being released.

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"People like David Johnson and James Scowcroft are on fire at the moment and we are a stronger team going forward, " he added.

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Up front, David Johnson has done little to suggest that he's anything but an excellent lower division striker who will struggle in the Premiership, while James Scowcroft is steady but unspectacular.

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Immediately, Palace took off Victor Moses and brought on James Scowcroft but it was a gamble that went wrong as the substitute pulled a hamstring muscle within minutes of his arrival and was forced off.

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But Prince Bandar worked through it alongside President Bush's senior team: James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell.

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Instead, according to Republicans like James Baker and Brent Scowcroft and Democrats like Lee Hamilton and Zbigniew Brzezinski all Bush needed to do was force Israel to cough up the Golan Heights, Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.

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