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Early harmony in UK-US relations

Hillary Clinton says she is intrigued, but unconcerned, by Britain's coalition

The extraordinary pace of political events in Britain over the past few days forced William Hague to take an unconventional route to Washington for his first overseas trip as foreign secretary.

The swearing in of new government ministers at Buckingham Palace early on Thursday evening, and the kissing of hands with the Queen meant Mr Hague needed to fly first to New York, and then catch the train to the nation's capital to see Hillary Clinton on Friday.

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'No differences'

William Hague beamed. He talked about continuity and of following similar lines to the last Labour government when tackling the gravest threats.

"Everything I've said today about our approach to relations with the United States is an approach shared by the whole cabinet and I'm speaking on behalf of a united government," he said.

So the first signs are of the two foreign ministers in early harmony.

William Hague insists he would be more relaxed than the previous Labour governments ever were about possible differences with Washington but he is equally eager to point out that no such differences currently exist.

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Good to know. Anyway, I will miss David Miliband.