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Executive Summary

622.  In his statement to the Inquiry, Mr Blair said:

623.  The conclusions reached by Mr Blair after the invasion did not require the benefit of hindsight.

624.  Mr Blair’s long‑standing conviction that successful international intervention required long‑term commitment had been clearly expressed in his Chicago speech in 1999.

625.  That conviction was echoed, in the context of Iraq, in frequent advice to Mr Blair from Ministers and officials.

626.  Between early 2002 and the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Mr Blair received warnings about: Rh