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You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.The former leader of the Labour Party and MP for Sedgefield was Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007. Blair was a strong supporter of US president George W Bush and joined the War on Terror, sending British troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. He was succeeded as Labour leader by Gordon Brown.