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Article: Meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair.(World)
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- March 16, 2003
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On Tuesday February 18 the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair met with five American church leaders about the decision to go to war with Iraq. President George W. Bush has yet to agree to meet with American religious leaders to hear their concerns about the U.S. rush to war.
The meeting at number 10 Downing Street lasted longer than the usual 15 to 20 minutes for such encounters. Tony Blair met with us for a full 50 minutes and was very engaged in the discussion about the moral and even theological issues at stake in this momentous choice.
Sojourners magazine organized and led the delegation, which included: Bishop John Bryson Chane, Episcopal Diocese of ...