http://washingtonindependent.com/29044/not-ambassador-zinni-unloads-to-laura-rozen National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/29044/not-ambassador-zinni-unloads-to-laura-rozen/comment-page-1#comment-17671 Veterans For America » News Analysis: February 5, 2009 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:10:03 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29044#comment-17671 [...] With a raft of unanswered questions confronting US policy in Afghanistan, a new problem has bobbed to the surface: Russia, and it’s apparent move to convince Krygyzstan to expel American forces from an air base crucial to supplying growing operations in Afghanistan. An enduring problem continues to trouble US hopes in Iraq: violence. After largely peaceful provincial elections last week, tribal leaders in Anbar are vowing violence if the ballots don’t go their way. Final results will be known in a couple of weeks. There was also some friction in US quarters over who President Obama would actually appoint as ambassador to Iraq. [...] [...] With a raft of unanswered questions confronting US policy in Afghanistan, a new problem has bobbed to the surface: Russia, and it’s apparent move to convince Krygyzstan to expel American forces from an air base crucial to supplying growing operations in Afghanistan. An enduring problem continues to trouble US hopes in Iraq: violence. After largely peaceful provincial elections last week, tribal leaders in Anbar are vowing violence if the ballots don’t go their way. Final results will be known in a couple of weeks. There was also some friction in US quarters over who President Obama would actually appoint as ambassador to Iraq. [...]

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