Blair's son to intern with U.S. Republicans

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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair's eldest son Euan will work as an intern with Republican staff in the U.S. House of Representatives, the prime minister's office said on Sunday.

Euan, 21, will spend three months working with a committee which determines how U.S. legislation is considered in the lower chamber of Congress.

"Euan Blair has been given the opportunity to take up a short, unpaid internship with the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives," said a spokesman at the prime minister's Downing Street office.

Despite Blair's close relationship with U.S. President George W. Bush, the news raised eyebrows among some Democrats who see Blair's Labour party as natural allies, reported the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.

"It is extremely surprising that the son of a Labour prime minister would intern with the Republican majority staff on the committee," the paper quoted Eric Burns, communications director for Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, the committee's leading Democrat, as saying.

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and here at CBS:

Guess Who's Packing For D.C.?

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(CBS/AP) You could say he has connections.

Prime Minister Tony Blair's eldest son has landed a prestigious position as an intern for an influential committee on Capitol Hill.

Euan Blair, 21, will serve a short, unpaid internship with the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives in Washington D.C.

The Rules Committee - which has a powerful role in the legislative process - is chaired by California GOP Rep. David Dreier, who has been in a leadership role on the committee since 1999 and has presided over many reforms in the way the House does business. For the past four years, he has also been chairman of his state's Republican delegation, the largest in Congress.

The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reports that Dreier will mentor Blair, whose father leads Britain's traditionally left-of-center Labour Party. It said the internship would last three months.

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from Saturday-

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