And the incompetence that has taken place up to this point is to continue. How is it possible that the ambassador designee says, I am not clued in, even on the most fundamental addition to the transitional authority law that will set the circumstances and boundaries for how the United States military, let alone its diplomatic function, is to take place in a presumably sovereign Iraq?
Addressing concerns about U.S. diplomatic and military planning in Iraq.
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