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Toby Harnden

Toby Harnden

in Washington DC

Toby Harnden has been The Daily Telegraph's US Editor since 2006. He lives in Washington DC with his wife Cheryl, daughter Tessa and dog Finn. Toby was previously Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph. He first joined The Daily Telegraph in 1994 and has been its Ireland Correspondent, Washington Bureau Chief and Middle East Correspondent. He is the author of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (1999). An archive of his work is at www.tobyharnden.com. Story ideas and news tips are welcomed and Toby can be contacted at toby.harnden@telegraph.co.uk. His Facebook profile is here.

Brown's secret meeting with Clinton

Posted by Toby Harnden on 02 Aug 2007  at 07:43 
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So Gordon Brown took the opportunity to meet Bill Clinton at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on Monday night . It was a hush hush affair. I asked a Downing Street official that very morning on Capitol Hill whether Brown had any extra meetings planned in the Big Apple and, specifically, whether he would call on Clinton - I was told no.

Gordon Brown meets Bill Clinton
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What did it signify? Pretty obvious really - that Bush is only one of the Americans Brown will deal with and that he views the Democrats, and specifically the Clintons, are the power in waiting. On the basis that it is never good for British PM's to meddle in internal US politics (as John Major will attest), this was not a clever move.

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Posted by Toby Harnden on 02 Aug 2007 at 07:43