Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was at the Royal Naval Air Station to formally welcome the flame with 500 members of the public, armed forces and dignitaries.

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Conway at the annual Keeper of the Flame Award Dinner in the East Hall at Union Station in Washington, DC.

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The handover of the flame took place at the site of the former customs station on the old Dublin road, south of Newry.

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