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'''David Miliband''' (b. 1965) is the [[United Kingdom]] [[Foreign Secretary|Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] and [[MP]] for [[South Shields]]. The grandson of a [[Bolshevik]] veteran of the [[Russian Civil War]]<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/m/i.htm#miliband-ralph Ralph Miliband biography] - Marxists.org</ref> and the son of [[Marxist]] ideologue Ralph Miliband (1924-1994), he 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>, and has recently called for the [[Labour]] government of [[Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] to adopt a more extreme [[socialist]] line. 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>

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

 

He is the son of [[Marxist]] ideologue Ralph Miliband (1924-1994), he 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.

 

 

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's younger brother Ed Miliband also serves in Gordon Brown's [[cabinet]], as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, making them the brothers to serve together in the British cabinet since World War II.

Miliband's younger brother Ed Miliband also serves in Gordon Brown's [[cabinet]], as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, making them the brothers to serve together in the British cabinet since World War II.

Following [[Tony Blair]]'s resignation, Miliband was touted as a potential challenger to Gordon Brown for the leadership of the Labour Party. At the time, no challenge arose; however speculation surrounding the party leadership continued to grow. In 2008, following Labour's massive losses of seats in [[local elections]] across the country, an editorial written by the South Shields MP caused controversy when he failed to mention current Prime Minister Gordon Brown with regard to the future of the Labour Party.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7571471.stm ''Miliband denies 'Labour cold war'''] - BBC News, August 19, 2008</ref>

Following [[Tony Blair]]'s resignation, Miliband was touted as a potential challenger to Gordon Brown for the leadership of the Labour Party. At the time, no challenge arose; however speculation surrounding the party leadership continued to grow.  

 

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