Fetch. Roll over.
'Good job, Prime Minister' - and Bush campaign is back on track
Downing Street is pleased with the Rose Garden double act but only Ariel Sharon left the White House with a broad smile, report Paul Harris in Washington and Kamal Ahmed in London
Sunday April 18, 2004
The Observer
The press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House went perfectly. Under an azure sky and in warm sunshine Tony Blair fended off the last reporter's question about the Iraqi crisis. As Blair turned from the microphone President George Bush patted him on the elbow. 'Good job, Prime Minister,' he said quietly and then: 'Well done.'