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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Whether they were hidden or removed or destroyed even, the plain fact is that he was in breach of United Nations resolutions,
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The fact is we have an Iraqi government, supported by the United Nations, trying desperately to bring stability and hope and democracy to Iraq, ... Our job has got to be helping them.
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both because of the sheer magnitude of what has happened, and its implications, and also because this was an attack not just on a number of buildings in the United States of America, but on the very notion of democracy.
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The results of these two days is to cement a new modern relationship between India and the United Kingdom for the 21st century.
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I totally understand the concerns that people have, the worries that they have about precipitate military action. But the United Nations has taken a very clear position on this... We are going down the U.N. route but the U.N. route has to be the way of dealing with it, not avoiding it.
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a very strong and clear declaration of our support and solidarity for the United States and secondly a series of specific measures we will take -- both European and national.
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We believe you can achieve much more through persuasion and by encouraging China to open up to the outside world than by turning your back on China,
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Unless there is a recommendation that comes forward from our military commanders that they require more troops, we don't provide them,
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We have never come this far before. We've never been this close to a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland,
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There are bound to be disagreements over trade, partly because of the very strength of China's economic performance.
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We've got a strong personal relationship that is most helpful to making sure our countries continue the tie that binds.
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