Blair gets his policy changes. Here’s one expert last week with an insightful take on the Bush-Blair relationship:
Blair had been put into the position of having to appear before the president as petitioner. He asked for relief on U.S. tariffs (Bush had raised them on steel in an election play to steel-producing states, a move earlier rejected by Clinton); for rendering British prisoners at Guantánamo to Britain; and for substantive U.S. pressure on the Israel-Palestine peace process. But Blair was rebuffed.
Or maybe Sid Blumenthal just had the wrong sources.
BLOGS AND SPORTS: The web broke the news of Curt Schillings’ arrival at the Red Sox. Old media, watch out.
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