The general: The British are coming…
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:11 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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2008, Security
British PM Gordon Brown will meet with all three major candidates tomorrow. "Brown's own relationship with President Bush has been cordial but much less close than the ties Bush enjoyed with former prime minister Tony Blair, who bucked British public opinion to remain Washington's chief ally in Iraq and the wider battle against terrorism. With Bush in his final months in office, however, Brown is hoping to lay a foundation for closer relations with the next U.S. president, bolstering both transatlantic links and his own stature, according to analysts in London and Washington."
More: "Brown has had a longtime working relationship with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), dating to the presidency of her husband, Bill Clinton, when Brown served as Britain's chancellor of the exchequer. He also conferred with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) when the presumptive GOP nominee traveled to London last month, but he has yet to meet with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)."
