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Fri 11 Nov 2009Blair should have pushed for better deal, inquiry told
FORMER BRITISH prime minister Tony Blair should have pushed for greater concessions from the Americans before agreeing to back the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a former British ambassador to the US has told the Iraq inquiry.
Mr Blair appeared to have moved behind then-US president George Bush’s ambitions to oust Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after a private meeting between the two at Mr Bush’s Texas ranch in April 2002.
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