IRAQ - New US Ambassador To Baghdad.On March 10 Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. quoted a senior US administration official as saying President George W. Bush planned to name Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador to Afghanistan and a longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective national security adviser, as the new US ambassador in Iraq. If confirmed by the Senate, Khalilzad would take over one of the most closely watched and dangerous US diplomatic posts from John Negroponte John Dimitri Negroponte (born July 21, 1939 in the United Kingdom) (IPA [ˌnɛgroʊˈpɑnti]) is a American diplomat. He is currently serving as the United States Deputy Secretary of State. , whom Bush nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. last month as the nation's first director of national intelligence. Bush tapped Khalilzad in September 2003 to serve as ambassador to Afghanistan to oversee elections and reconstruction efforts there. Before that, the Afghan-born Khalilzad was one of Bush's top national security advisers and a former aide to Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Negroponte has served as ambassador to Baghdad for less than a year. |
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