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The Report of the Iraq Inquiry
1042.  On 20 March, Ambassador William S. Farish, the US Ambassador to the UK, sent
a letter congratulating Mr Blair on his success in the House of Commons debate and
vote on 18 March.355
1043.  Thanking Ambassador Farish, Mr Blair responded that he believed:
“… the action the American and British Armed Forces are taking in Iraq will make
our two countries safer and Iraq a better place for its people. I think this view is
increasingly supported by British and international opinion. It is the right thing to do.
I am pleased to be working so closely with President Bush on this …”356
355  Letter Farish to Prime Minister, 20 March 2003, [untitled].
356  Letter Blair to Farish, 21 March 2003, [untitled].
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