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Published: February 5, 2009
Not sure what happened here, maybe Obama himself decided it would be the wrong message to appoint a marine general as Iraqi ambassador.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/washington/06envoy.html?hpWASHINGTON — When the vice president, the secretary of state and the national security adviser all say you have been tapped to be the next United States ambassador to Iraq, odds are it’s a done deal, right?
Apparently not in the Obama administration.
Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, the former top American commander in the Middle East, said the Obama administration offered him the Baghdad job late last month, but withdrew the appointment without explanation, apparently in favor of a veteran diplomat, Christopher R. Hill.
Not sure what happened here, maybe Obama himself decided it would be the wrong message to appoint a marine general as Iraqi ambassador.