Topic: Tony Blair

Bush memoir makes sense of Blair and Iraq

Among the many charges against George Bush comes a new one of plagiarism. The really striking similarity in the Bush autobiography is with Tony Blair. Bush goes further, inviting the reader to make the judgment calls in his shoes. If Barack Obama's ...
As an American, the only experience I've generally had of Tony Blair, in his time as leader of Great Britain, are the glimpses of him through the U.S. media. When Princess Diana tragically died in 1997, it was Blair who suggested that ...
As an American, the only experience I've generally had of Tony Blair, in his time as leader of Great Britain, are the glimpses of him through the U.S. media. When Princess Diana tragically died in 1997, it was Blair who suggested that ...

US Senate panel denies asking Blair to testify

A US Senate panel categorically denied Thursday having asked former British prime minister Tony Blair to testify about whether BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber."Tony Blair has not been invited to testify. Any such indication was made in error," ...

Blair's stance 'hardened' after Bush talks: probe

Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch in 2002, a top diplomat told an inquiry into the war on Thursday.Christopher Meyer, then Britain's ambassador to ...
Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch in 2002, a top diplomat told an inquiry into the war on Thursday.Christopher Meyer, then Britain's ambassador to ...
Former British leader praises Obama's national security selections and urges quick actionTony Blair, the former British prime minister, offered praise Wednesday for President-elect Barack Obama's selections to lead his national security team, and he expressed hope that Obama's administration will press hard ...

Blair urges Obama to make Mideast peace a priority

The international community's envoy on the Middle East peace process Tony Blair on Sunday urged US president-elect Barack Obama to make peace between Jews and Palestinians a priority.The former prime minister said negotiations on a peace deal required the " energy, commitment ...

Soft in the head

From Richard Laming Sir: Tony Blair misunderstands the notion of 'soft power' when he uses it to refer to the non-military aspects of government foreign policy (Leading article, 10 February). Joseph Nye, coining the phrase in The Paradox of American Power, meant ...

Produce the memo

A front-page exclusive in the Daily Mirror is normally something to be treated with great scepticism. All of which convinces us that there must be some truth in the Mirror's claim that in April last year President Bush, in the company of ...
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