LONDON (Reuters) - Two of Britain's top defence officials will step down later this year, the government said on Sunday, but denied they were being blamed for mistakes in Afghanistan or for wasteful military spending.
Britain's most senior military officer, Chief of the Defence Staff Jock Stirrup, and Bill Jeffrey, the top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence, are expected to leave towards the end of the year once a strategic defence review (SDR) ordered by Britain's new government has been completed.
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