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Interview with Tony Blair and Bill Clinton for National Constitution Centre by David Eisner for the National Constitution Centre on 13 September 2010

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Video interview with Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Bill Clinton, former President of the United States of America, by David Eisner for the National Constitution Centre on 13 September 2010. Earlier that month Blair published a memoir entitled ‘A Journey’. In this interview Blair and Clinton discuss the local, national and international circumstances which facilitated the signing of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. The discussion on Northern Ireland is the first item of the interview. The National Constitution Centre is a non-profit institution which highlights the legacy of freedom enshrined in the American constitution. At this event Tony Blair was presented with the Liberty Medal by Bill Clinton.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 September 2010

Name of First Interviewee: Tony Blair

Name of Second Interviewee: Bill Clinton

Role at time of Interview: Tony Blair (Middle East envoy for the Quartet), Bill Clinton (former President of the United States of America)

Interviewer: David Eisner

Purpose: Research

Media: Audiovisual

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Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: National Constitution Centre

Time Period covered: 1997-2010

Key Individuals: Tony Blair, Bill Clinton

Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, diaspora, ceasefire, economy, Middle East

 

 

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