Word: ambassadors
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...Libby's bombshell is on Page 20 of a 39-page legal filing by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel in the investigation into the disclosure of the identity of then-CIA agent Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who had challenged Administration assertions about Saddam Hussein's efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Fitzgerald filed the document Wednesday night...
...evaluate my expectation of enjoying a better relationship with them after reading Lemann's Essay. It was enlightening news that I very much appreciate. Bata Yahaya Mshelia Borno, Nigeria A Man in Demand Re "Can he make peace bloom?" [March 20]: it is crucial that U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad succeed in persuading Iraq's sectarian leaders to revive the political process so the new government can focus on rebuilding the country. The Iraqi people are losing patience with the lack of security and stability. Right now they are without a functioning government, one that can provide public services...
...vouch for his lack of involvement in 9/11 and hold an Arab summit. The idea, apparently, was to try to show solidarity with the U.S. and other U.S.-friendly Arab regimes. "The Sudanese and Libyans sounded very afraid to their Egyptian and other interlocutors," the cable says. The Sudanese ambassador "had a quivering voice" in a call to the Egyptian ministry of foreign affairs, the cable says, and Sudanese president Bashir's message to Mubarak "was more an urgent plea for help than a reasoned discussion.... The Sudanese still seemed to believe themselves a likely target...
...because the weather had grounded the US military Blackhawk fleet, boarded an armored SUV and drove into city along the notoriously perilous airport road. At one point they were slowed by a traffic blockage. They went straight to meetings that continued into dinner with Iraqi leaders at U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad?s residence. The sound of an exploding mortar round that had been lobbed over the green zone?s walls disrupted conversations that were, by all accounts, serious and intense...
...Iran is a country that is allergic to pressure and threats and intimidation." JAVAD ZARIF, Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, after the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution urging Iran to suspend its uranium-enrichment activities within 30 days or else face further action from the international community...