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BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Obama hails special relationship
news.bbc.co.uk - 3/3/2009
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Obama hails special relationship
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President Barack Obama has said the US-UK "special relationship" will "only get stronger", after holding talks with prime minister Gordon Brown. It was "not just important to me; it's important to the American people", he told reporters in the White House. The talks focused on the economy, as Mr ...
timesonline.co.uk - 3/1/2009
The special relationship is going global | Gordon Brown
— timesonline.co.uk — Historians will look back and say this was no ordinary time but a defining moment: an unprecedented... period of global change, and a time when one chapter ended and another began. The scale and the speed of the global banking crisis has at times been ... (more) The special relationship is going global | Gordon Brown

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corner.nationalreview.com - 3/6/2009
He's Just Not That Into The Special Relationship
— corner.nationalreview.com — It's the top story in our web-briefing, but if you haven't heard the President gave U.K. Prime... Minister Gordon Brown a gift 25 DVDs of classic american films. Given enough exposure, no doubt Brown will soon develop a taste for the strange and ... (more) He's Just Not That Into The Special Relationship

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Will Barack Obama end Britain's special relationship with America?
telegraph.co.uk - 3/5/2009
Will Barack Obama end Britain's special relationship with America?
— telegraph.co.uk — Gordon Brown will enter the Oval Office as the first European leader to meet Barack Obama since... he became president. (more) Will Barack Obama end Britain's special relationship ...

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The Page by Mark Halperin:  Brown Is Up

Gateway Pundit:  British PM Brown's Address to Congress Will Compare Recession to 1940's Fascism

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Brown Is Up
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... : "Brown ... to press a "global new deal" that he hopes will shore up his sagging poll numbers at home." On Wednesday, Brown becomes only the fifth British prime minister to address Congress. ...

British PM Brown's Address to Congress Will Compare Recession to 1940's Fascism
Gateway Pundit — There's a new lapdog in town. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was eager to meet Barack Obama despite being snubbed. Despite Barack Obama snubbing a full press conference with Gordon Brown, the pair appeared best of friends as they sat down in the Oval Office at the White House today. Gordon Brown will address the US Congress later today. The British leader will compare the current recession with 1940's fascism(?) The BBC reported: The two leaders also discussed the situation in Afghanistan, Iraq ...

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