Transcript: British Prime Minister Tony Blair Defends Iraq War

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RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
05-18-2007
British Prime Minister Tony Blair Defends Iraq War

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was at his country's embassy in Washington yesterday. He took off his jacket and strolled outside. He paced a green lawn, talking with his chief of staff, the way you'd expect a prime minister to do in a movie. In Tony Blair's case the movie is almost over. He's on his way out of office. And when he came in off the lawn, he sat down to talk about it.

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