BRITISH HOME SECRETARY JACQUI SMITH ADDRESSES THE MEDIA AFTER BOMB THREAT IN LONDON
Jacqui Smith,the first female Home Secretary, arrives at a press confernece at No.10 Downing Street in response to the unexploded bomb found in London on June 29, 2007. She warned the United Kingdom faced a sustained terrorist risk and asked for the public to be very vigilant. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)
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