Tony Blair

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks during his final Prime Minister's Questions, as his successor Gordon Brown, left, looks on in the House of Commons, in London in this image taken from TV Wednesday, June 27, 2007.

Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, meets with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at 10 Downing Street Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in London. Blair was starting his last full day in office before stepping down and handing things over to Chancellor Gordon Brown.

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair waves to the public outside Trimdon Labour Club in his Sedgefield constituency in Trimdon, England, Thursday May 10, 2007. Blair said Thursday he is stepping down as prime minister on June 27, closing a decade of power in which he fostered peace in Northern Ireland, presided over an unprecedented period of prosperity and followed the United States to war in Iraq.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair waves to supporters at the local Labour club in Trimdon, England, Thursday May 10, 2007, after announcing his resignation as leader of the Labour Party. Blair's resignation will open the way for a leadership contest which is expected to be won by present Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair hugs his wife Cherie at Trimdon Labour Club, in his Sedgefield constituency in Trimdon, England Thursday May 10, 2007. Blair said Thursday that he will step down as prime minister on June 27.

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, for Prime Minister's Questions at Parliament, where Blair announced "changes" to British forces in southern Iraq. Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months and aims to further cut its 7,100-strong contingent by late summer if Iraqi forces can secure the country's south.

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair returns to 10 Downing Street, London, Thursday Sept. 7, 2006. Blair promised to resign within a year, hoping to appease critics in his governing Labour Party who were calling for his departure by revealing a time frame he had badly wanted to keep private.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair smiles during a meeting with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong at 10 Downing Street, London Thursday Sept. 7, 2006. Blair responded to the clamor of protest calling for him to step down after eight government aides resigned. Blair later announced that he intended to leave office within a year.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair waves to the crowd as he arrives at Quintin Kynaston, a specialist technology school in London, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006. Blair reluctantly promised to resign within a year, hoping that revealing a general time frame for his departure will appease critics who are calling for him to step down.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are seen at news conference at the Port of Long Beach, in Long Beach, Calif., July 31, 2006.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush are seen at news conference at the White House in Washington D.C., July 28, 2006.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair listens to a question during a media conference at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, July 17, 2006.

U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair talk during a working lunch at the G8 summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, July 17, 2006.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair stands next to Corporal Gordon Pritchard in Basra, Iraq on Dec. 22, 2005. A little more than a month later, Pritchard became the 100th British soldier to be killed in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion.

Queen Elizabeth II receives British Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Tony Blair after his third election victory, in London, May 6, 2005.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his wife Cherie and their youngest son Leo wave after Blair's third election victory, in London, May 6, 2005.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his wife Cherie and their sons Euan and Nicky walk to polling station in Trimdon, Sedgefield, Britain, on May 5, 2005.

British Prime minister Tony Blair meets with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Feb. 5, 1998.

Tony Blair, the new British Prime Minister, embraces his wife Cherie after his election victory, in London, May 2, 1997.