Following controversial remarks concerning his successor as Archbishop of Canterbury by retired archbishop George Carey, Hawkins imposed on the latter a banning order at Bangor Cathedral
परराष्ट्रसचिव असताना कॉलिन पॉवेलने जॉर्ज बुशच्या सांगण्यावरून इराकच्या सद्दाम हुसेनविरुद्ध खोटे पुरावे तयार केले.