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'''David Miliband''' (b. 1965) was the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Foreign Secretary|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] until May 2010 and [[Labour Party]] MP for [[South Shields]].  

'''David Miliband''' (born 1965) was the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Foreign Secretary|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] until May 2010 and [[Labour Party]] MP for [[South Shields]].  

Miliband is the child of Holocaust survivors—and at least 80 members of his Jewish extended family perished. He is the son of [[Marxist]] ideologue Ralph Miliband (1924-1994), and is a staunch atheist<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2475236/Profile-of-Foreign-Secretary-David-Miliband.html Telegraph profile of David Miliband]</ref>. An intellectual, he graduated from Oxford and MIT.

Miliband is the child of Holocaust survivors—and at least 80 members of his Jewish extended family perished. He is the son of [[Marxist]] ideologue Ralph Miliband (1924-1994), and is a staunch atheist.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2475236/Profile-of-Foreign-Secretary-David-Miliband.html Telegraph profile of David Miliband]</ref> An intellectual, he graduated from Oxford and MIT.

Miliband emphasized in late 2009 that Britain will continue its presence in [[Afghanistan]] and that the United States and Britain share common goals there. He agrees with the McChrystal report that the situation is serious, and that NATO needs a combined security/economic/political approach. He agrees that on the need to put the Afghans in the lead of security and of political reconciliation, noting it is essential that the Afghan government governs in a clean and not corrupt way because that is vital to retain the confidence of the Afghans as well as the inter-national community.

Miliband emphasized in late 2009 that Britain will continue its presence in [[Afghanistan]] and that the United States and Britain share common goals there. He agrees with the McChrystal report that the situation is serious, and that NATO needs a combined security/economic/political approach. He agrees that on the need to put the Afghans in the lead of security and of political reconciliation, noting it is essential that the Afghan government governs in a clean and not corrupt way because that is vital to retain the confidence of the Afghans as well as the inter-national community.

He wants the crisis regarding Iran and its nuclear program to be resolved with diplomacy. As for Palestine, Miliband promotes a 23-state solution (22 states of the Arab League, including Palestine, and Israel) in which a Palestinian state is developed according to 1967 borders plus or minus land swaps, with a fair settlement of refugees. In his view Jerusalem is the capital of both countries. In return, Israel gets the recognition that it craves and it deserves from the Arab world.<ref> Lally Weymouth, "Iran Has a Very Clear Choice." ''Newsweek'' Oct 5, 2009</ref>

He wants the crisis regarding Iran and its nuclear program to be resolved with diplomacy. As for Palestine, Miliband promotes a 23-state solution (22 states of the Arab League, including Palestine, and Israel) in which a Palestinian state is developed according to 1967 borders plus or minus land swaps, with a fair settlement of refugees. In his view Jerusalem is the capital of both countries. In return, Israel gets the recognition that it craves and it deserves from the Arab world.<ref>Lally Weymouth, "Iran Has a Very Clear Choice." ''Newsweek'' Oct 5, 2009</ref>

Miliband is strongly supportive of the [[European Union]] as a global economic and military power, eventually incorporating [[Russia]], the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7095657.stm ''EU 'should expand beyond Europe'''] - BBC News, November 15, 2007</ref>

Miliband is strongly supportive of the [[European Union]] as a global economic and military power, eventually incorporating [[Russia]], the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7095657.stm ''EU 'should expand beyond Europe'''] - BBC News, November 15, 2007</ref>