Fox Tapped As Defense Secretary

Liam Fox has been named as the next British defense secretary following a deal between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties to form a coalition government, reports Defense News.

Fox has served as the Conservative shadow defense secretary for the past five years.

The secretary will be a member of a new National Security Council that was established on Wednesday by new Prime Minister David Cameron.

Peter Ricketts, formerly a permanent undersecretary at the Foreign...