Hence the appointment of Sir Peter Ricketts, previously the administrative head of the Foreign Office and the epitome of discreet civil-service efficiency.

因此，前外交部行政长官，慎重的公务员效率的代表—皮特立克次(Peter Ricketts)就获得了任命。

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Sir Peter Ricketts, the prime minister's national security advisor, is the civil servant overseeing the process.

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Earlier the Iranian Ambassador met at the Foreign Office with the FCO's top civil servant and permanent under secretary, Peter Ricketts, to discuss the situation.

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Up to 40 separate studies of defence expenditure are close to completion, which will be submitted to the NSC's small secretariat, led by the new national security adviser, Sir Peter Ricketts, a former head of the Foreign Office.

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