Blair Battles Own Political Party on UK Iraq Policy
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to Colin Brown, deputy political editor for the United Kingdom&#39;s Independent newspaper, currently covering the British Labour Party Conference.
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LONDON: Britain&#39;s Tony Blair yesterday set out his vision for a third term in office in a bid to shift the spotlight onto domestic policies that win or lose elections and off the divisive war in Iraq.
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Whatever Tony Blair tells the British public and the House of Commons there is certainly a political motivation to his government's decision to deploy forces closer to Baghdad.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says Iraq is seeing a battle between democracy and terror, as he visits Baghdad.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is attempting to win back political support by recalibrating his policy in the Middle East, but it is likely to prove too late to save his job.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair defended the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and rounded on the media Tuesday for acting like a &quot;feral beast&quot; ripping reputations apart.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.
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Tony Blair faces demands for a Commons vote on whether UK forces should provide back-up for the US in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced his party for the last time as its leader on Tuesday, insisting Labour can win a fourth term, but admitting it won't be easy.
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Iraq has overshadowed the start of Tony Blair&#39;s Labour Party conference despite the prime minister&#39;s efforts to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of a general election expected next year.
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BRITAIN&#39;S Prime Minister Tony Blair hoped to switch attention from the unrelenting bloodshed in Iraq to his campaign for a third term in office with his address today to the Labour Party&#39;s annual conference.
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Description: Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair faces criticism within his Labor Party over his support for the war in Iraq. At Labor&#39;s annual conference in Brighton, opponents of the war have forced the
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Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a staunch defence of his record on Iraq Thursday after announcing a major troop withdrawal, and also insisted there is &quot;no planning&quot; under way for an attack on Iran.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s attempts to focus his party&#39;s annual conference on domestic issues received a setback yesterday when delegates backed moves to force a vote on a British troop pull-out of Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was set to face the anger of rank and file members of his Labour Party over the Iraq war on Thursday, as party officials tried to head off a motion calling for British troops to quit the country.
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Dogged by opposition to the Iraq war, Prime Minister Tony Blair tried to focus attention on domestic issues as the governing Labour Party's annual convention opened Sunday and insisted he hadn't considered ...
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BRIGHTON, England  - The anguish of a British  hostage in Iraq hangs over Prime Minister Tony Blair on  Thursday as he faces the twin test of a local election and a  debate by his Labour Party about the divisive war.