Britain's new leader chose his senior circle of ministers on Thursday, picking David Miliband, the youngest foreign secretary in decades and a rising star who voiced doubts over the Iraq war.Miliband, a 41-year-old environment chief, was confirmed as Foreign Secretary, according to a British government official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government policy.
Gordon Brown, who became prime minister Wednesday after waiting for a decade, planned a host of changes from Tony Blair's final team, bringing a crop of young legislators into his government.
Miliband was pressed by some Blair loyalists to run against Brown to succeed Blair, but chose instead to back the new premier.
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