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World Service,23 Jul 2004,14 mins

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Loss of manpower for the military in latest round of cuts. Interviews with Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon and Paul Adams, the BBC Defence Correspondent. Also on the programme: eating whale meat in Japan. Presenter: Jenny Hargreaves.

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