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Who is Philip Hammond?

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Defence IQ profiles the new UK Defence Secretary Amid the ongoing scandal surrounding Liam Fox’s exit from office on late Friday of last week, Philip Hammond MP steps in to continue Fox’s defence spending reforms and begin repairing the damage to the MoD’s reputation. But who is he?... Born in Epping, Essex, in 1955, Hammond attended state school, unlike most of his peers, and went on to earn a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University College, Oxford....

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