At the same time, no army can withstand stresses of this intensity and duration without suffering problems of morale, integrity and loyalty.

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Mr Browne praised Col Thorneloe for his "unquestioned loyalty, his absolute integrity and his magnificent commitment to what we were doing".

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She has to be someone whose political capital resides in having integrity, truth and justice, not populist loyalty.

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