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Blair to be Mideast Quartet envoy: U.S. official

MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
June 26, 2007 at 1:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON — Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.

Members of the Quartet, the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia, will give their public blessing to the post and announce that Blair has agreed to take the job in simultaneous statements from Washington, New York, Brussels and Moscow, the official told The Associated Press.

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Yeah, the rabid rabbit/Bush's bitch -- bet the middle east gets peace in our time.

[ 26 June 2007: Message edited by: siren ]