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Clinton congratulates Tony Blair on Labour's election victory

On May 1, 1997, President Clinton phoned newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair to congratulate him on Labour's decisive win in the United Kingdom's general election.

Clinton congratulates Tony Blair on Labour's election victory

Blair's victory marked a major political shift in the UK and the congratulatory contact began the close Clinton–Blair partnership that shaped U.S.-U.K. cooperation on foreign and economic policy in the late 1990s.

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