Key people to watch as News of the World scandal unfolds

7. Jeremy Hunt

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Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt makes a statement in the House of Commons in London in this image from TV on July 11.

Mr. Hunt is the British culture minister. He was dragged into the fray by the now-dead BskyB deal, over which he was supposed to preside until it was passed on to a commission to be studied (the entire deal was since been dropped by Murdoch). His decisions throughout the process were constantly under fire.

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