Session of Congress to assess the American mission in Iraq

Session of Congress to assess the American mission in Iraq

Saturday June 30, 2012

Follow-up – and babysit – I listened to a National Security Committee in the U.S. Congress for the certificates of three officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, to evaluate the transmission of the American mission in Iraq from a military to a civilian after the withdrawal of U.S. forces late last year. The three officials that the continued presence of U.S. civil administrator in Iraq strengthen the strategic relationship between the two countries and enhance the status of Iraq in the region and the Middle East, but they pointed to the possibility of reducing the presence in the coming months, without prejudice to its effectiveness and efficiency. The Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy to efforts to reduce the number of constituencies the U.S. and put them inside the embassy compound in Baghdad, and expected to reduce the number of staff working in Iraq by between 20 to 30 per cent by the year 2013. its part, the official said the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Mira Rodman stability in Iraq serves the interests of the two countries. She noted that the U.S. Embassy in Iraq is seeking to make changes to conform and change in strategy and U.S. programs. For his part, Chairman of the Committee on National Security U.S. House of Representatives Jason Chavez that his committee will take into account the information and observations made by the three officials before allocating additional funds to process Jump civil for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S. troops end of next year.
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Source: alrayy