I was not interested in being minister of defense or minister of foreign affairs.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.
I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.
Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.
I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy.
I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.
I am extremely honoured to be the Defence Secretary, and I would not do the job if I did not think that I could make a useful contribution in the role.
I don't want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom.
Well, you have a defence attache here, that's a step forward. Your Defence Minister has been here, our defence people have exchanges with you. So friendly relations at the military level are already in existence.
I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama.
I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.