Sir John Sawers, the British permanent representative to the United Nations, said before the vote that it was a "matter of urgency" to get more peacekeepers to the Congo.

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On Wednesday, Sir John Sawers, the UK's special envoy to Iraq from May to July 2003, told the inquiry the level of violence faced in Iraq had been "unprecedented".

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The British media also seized on Romney's disclosure after his visit with Prime Minister David Cameron that he had met Sir John Sawers, head of the British Intelligence agency MI6.

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