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Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

  • Written by Jason Davidson, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, University of Mary Washington
Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by anotherThings looking up for the Bush-Berlusconi relationship.Philippe Desmazes/AFP via Getty Images)

When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped forward.

It wasn’t that the Italian prime minister was particularly concerned over the...

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