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 Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:42 am Post subject: Blair to give Iraq evidence to Baker |
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Blair to give Iraq evidence to Baker
By James Blitz in London
Published: November 10 2006 21:59 | Last updated: November 10 2006 21:59
Tony Blair will next week give evidence to the Iraq Study Group led by James Baker, the former US secretary of state, in the first indication Britain is being consulted by Washington over potential change of policy on the war.
As he continues the task of presenting a range of new policy alternatives on Iraq for President George W. Bush, Mr Baker is expected to interview the UK prime minister by means of a video link on Tuesday.
The decision by the Iraq Study Group to interview Mr Blair is an important boost for Downing Street, amid fears that Britain might be excluded from the US reassessment of Iraq policy following the Democrats� victory in the congressional elections.
Downing Street last night gave no details of what Mr Blair would tell Mr Baker and his co-chairman, retired US congressman Lee Hamilton. However, the prime minister is expected to set out his latest thoughts on Iraq on Monday in his annual Mansion House foreign policy speech.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c51558a6-7100-11db-8e0b-0000779e2340.html
[It looks like Bush senior is sending his friends to clean up the mess Rumsfeld and Cheney along with Wolfowitz and Perle left behind.] |
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