Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blairis a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Together with then-US President George W. Bush, he initiated the Iraq War with the invasion of Iraq, an act which remains highly controversial...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth6 May 1953
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
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When people look back on this time and look back on this conflict, I honestly believe they will see this as one of the defining moments of our century. And you did it,
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Yet here we are for all the difficulties in Northern Ireland able to point back to real improvements in the security and the standards of living,
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We want to work to take the relationship between Europe and Russia to a new and more intense and strengthened level, ... This is a relationship in economic terms that can only grow and prosper and strengthen.
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The president set out very clearly a way forward on the Middle East process. There is a renewed sense of vigor and optimism.
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The president listened to the concerns of the prime minister and we believe that this is the best way forward,
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(It) puts the relation between the European Union and India on a new and higher and more intense level
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It's obviously early to say this but from what we have gathered they have been successful, ... And I'm pleased to say there have been no casualties at all on the NATO side not just in respect to British forces but NATO forces as a whole and that's obviously good news.
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Not a single shred of evidence was presented to his inquiry that would have justified an alternative finding,
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the best chance for peace we will have in this generation.
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It should be possible at Hong Kong to set a deadline of 2010, ... There is an enormous amount at stake... Failure to make progress could even be fatal for the trade round.
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It's got to be absolutely clear that people who are going to serve in the government of Northern Ireland have got to have given up violence for good,
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The attacks bear all the hallmarks of bin Laden
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That is not something that can have any hiding place in respectable opinion and I think that is a necessary thing for us to say.
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targeted and measured response to the dramatic increase in attacks on coalition aircraft in January.