Fox stepped down Friday, saying in his resignation letter to Cameron he'd let the line between his personal and public life become blurred in his relationship with a friend, Adam Werritty. Stories about Werritty, who'd described himself as an adviser to Fox without being on the government payroll or having security clearance, dominated the British press all week.
"I am obviously saddened by the circumstances in which this opportunity arises," Hammond said in an e-mailed statement Friday night.
"I think Liam Fox did a brilliant job
."Fox, 50, who oversaw the British military operation backing the Libyan opposition to Moammar Gadhafi, is the highest-profile departure from Cameron's government since it was formed after the prime minister's Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats agreed to go into coalition in May 2010.
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