[Financial Times-UK] Guy Dinmore - Tony Blair, the international community's new Middle East envoy, is seeking a broader peacemaking role than first envisaged by the U.S. State Department. Blair wants a mandate that would include a political role in peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians, beyond the more narrowly focused terms of reference set out by the Quartet which focused on the practicalities of helping the Palestinians build the institutions needed for a future state. However, the State Department on Tuesday reacted cautiously to suggestions that Blair would take on a wider political role.
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