U.S. Ambassador to Iraq plans to step down
Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, intends to retire early next year reported BBC News on Friday.
Crocker has been in Iraq for 2 years and with the Foreign Service for 37 years. As a fluent Arabic speaker, Crocker has had assignments in Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria, and Kuwait. He arrived in Baghdad in March 2007.
“Mr. Crocker is credited with bringing in a number of experienced diplomats into the US embassy in Baghdad and restoring a sense of discipline to America's largest diplomatic mission,” reported the Washington Post.
Coincidently, General David Petraeus will also leave Iraq, on a “schedule rotation of duties,” states the article.
For the full article, click here.
Crocker has been in Iraq for 2 years and with the Foreign Service for 37 years. As a fluent Arabic speaker, Crocker has had assignments in Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria, and Kuwait. He arrived in Baghdad in March 2007.
“Mr. Crocker is credited with bringing in a number of experienced diplomats into the US embassy in Baghdad and restoring a sense of discipline to America's largest diplomatic mission,” reported the Washington Post.
Coincidently, General David Petraeus will also leave Iraq, on a “schedule rotation of duties,” states the article.
For the full article, click here.
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