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[Chuck Minne]

    Clinton backs Blair for UN chief  Former US President Bill Clinton has given Prime Minister Tony Blair his backing as a future Secretary General of the United Nations. 
   
  Mr Clinton said Mr Blair would make a "good" head for the international organisation when he steps down as Prime Minister, as he has promised he will before the next General Election.
   
  
         

  Current Secretary General Kofi Annan's term in office ends on December 31 this year. While most Westminster-watchers believe Mr Blair hopes to stay in 10 Downing Street until 2008 at least, he is thought to be ambitious to move on to another leading role on the world stage and few would be as tempting as the top UN post.
   
  Speaking on BBC2's Newsnight, Mr Clinton revealed that he had discussed the future with Blair and told him there was "a lot of good you can do in the world" after leaving Number 10.
   
  He also hinted at the millions of pounds Blair can expect to earn from speaking engagements, books and directorships following his retirement as PM, predicting he would find "immense rewards" awaiting him when he steps down.
   
  Asked if the Prime Minister should run for UN Secretary General, Clinton responded: "That would suit me. He would be a good one."
   
  "What I would say to him and what I have said to him, is when he does go, he's still got a lot he can do, a lot of good you can do in the world and that's the most important thing," said Clinton.
   
  Mr Clinton called for a "delicate" approach to Iran in the current row over its nuclear ambitions.
   
  But he said there was "probably no choice" but to go the UN Security Council to seek sanctions against the Tehran regime, which is suspected of seeking to construct nuclear weapons.
   
  He said he doubted his successor George Bush would go to war with Iran, saying that the President had shown "a lot of restraint" on the issue and would also face difficulties fielding enough troops given current commitments in Iraq.
   
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                    "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis, in "IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE" (1935). 
   
   
  
  












			
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