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But behind
closed doors, the president was certain that war was inevitable.
During a private two-hour meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 31,
2003, he made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he
was determined to invade Iraq without the second resolution, or even
if international arms inspectors failed to find unconventional
weapons, said a confidential memo about the meeting written by Mr.
Blair's top foreign policy adviser and reviewed by The New York
Times. "Our diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the
military planning," David Manning, Mr. Blair's chief foreign policy
adviser at the time, wrote in the memo that summarized the
discussion between Mr. Bush, Mr. Blair and six of their top aides.
INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | March 27,
2006 Leaders:
Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says
By DON VAN NATTA Jr. Behind closed
doors, the president made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of
Britain that he was determined to invade Iraq.
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