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
Copyright:
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