October 11 2001: BBC News - Straw denies split with US over Iraq

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has denied there is any split between the US and the UK on whether military action should be extended to countries outside Afghanistan.

January 25 2005: The Guardian - Straw emollient on Iran rift after US talks

The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, played down a rift with the US about possible military action to prevent Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon after talks yesterday with the incoming secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.

2001: “There is no such action on the agenda at present,” he told a news conference in central London.

2005: “I think it was indicative that in the discussions I had, the issue was not raised once by either side. It was not on the table,” Mr Straw said.