Word: ambassadors
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...alleged corruption at BAE Systems, a U.K. defense contractor, including one that allegedly involved a member of the Saudi royal family. (The company denies any wrongdoing.) But, the officials continued, the fraud office's director in London had decided to discontinue the investigation after several meetings with the British ambassador in Saudi Arabia . The reason given: national security...
...Islam's most holy cities, and murdering Grand Ayatollah Sistani. Sistani is the neo-cons' favorite quietist Shi'a cleric, the man who was supposed to keep Iraq's Shi'a in line while we went about nation building. And then, on Sunday, Iran's ambassador to Baghdad told the New York Times that Iran is in Iraq to stay, whether the Bush Administration likes...
Carlucci, who is known for his aggressiveness and tenacity, has the stature to be an independent force in the White House, one who will not allow himself to be dominated by Chief of Staff Donald Regan. As Ambassador to Portugal when pro-Communist military men took over in 1975, he stood up to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who felt that the U.S. should break with the Lisbon regime. Carlucci urged support for Portugal's moderate left as the best way to ensure the downfall of the Communist hard-liners. He prevailed, and was proved correct...
...built the capacity of the Afghan national army and police, we would not be in the position we're in right now, facing a serious challenge in the spring from the Taliban," Afghan Ambassador Said Jawad told TIME on Thursday. "There was an underinvestment in building the capacity of the Afghan security forces, as well as [of] the Afghan government to deliver services. And now we are paying a price for that...
...major challenge facing efforts to ward off the Taliban challenge is ensuring greater cooperation from Pakistan, where U.S. and NATO officials have said Taliban leaders are based. Although, under pressure from the U.S., the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to cooperate to secure the border, Ambassador Jawad acknowledges that such cooperation ?has not been fully implemented...