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| Bush 'in envoy talks with Blair' | Bush 'in envoy talks with Blair' |
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| President Bush has spoken to UK PM Tony Blair about him becoming a Mid-East envoy, a White House official says. | |
| Mr Bush and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice directly discussed the idea with Mr Blair, the official said. | Mr Bush and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice directly discussed the idea with Mr Blair, the official said. |
| The president would reportedly like him to be an envoy for the quartet of the US, European Union, UN and Russia. | The president would reportedly like him to be an envoy for the quartet of the US, European Union, UN and Russia. |
| The official spokesman for Mr Blair said "there is a lot of speculation about the prime minister's future and much of it is inaccurate". | The official spokesman for Mr Blair said "there is a lot of speculation about the prime minister's future and much of it is inaccurate". |
| The White House official told the BBC that the talks were preliminary, and did not have any comment on Mr Blair's reaction to the suggestion. | |
| Mr Blair steps down as prime minister on 27 June, ending 10 years in Downing Street. | |
| The White House official did not know if the president had discussed the idea with the other three members of the peace quartet. |