Iraq’s Political Impasse Raises Drawdown Concerns
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Iraq’s failure to form a government four months after elections prompted concern in the U.S. Congress as senators heard from President Barack Obama’s nominee to be his next envoy to the Persian Gulf nation.
“It’s not clear whether a resolution is days, weeks or months away,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, said during a hearing in Washington yesterday to consider James Jeffrey’s nomination as ambassador. Jeffrey currently is the ambassador to Turkey.