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Ex-PM Blair Expected to Address Prayer Breakfast

Annual Gathering of Lawmakers, Clerics Draws Many Who Want to Meet New President

At the 56th annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday at the Washington Hilton, a bevy of lawmakers, religious leaders and foreign heads of state will listen to a keynote speaker whose name hasn’t yet been officially revealed. But sources confirm that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will speak.

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House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica conducts a committee markup hearing of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act on Feb. 2.
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