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Article: Bremer exits with long record of bad decisions.
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- July 1, 2004
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Byline: Joseph L. Galloway
WASHINGTON _ Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, the American proconsul, did a stealth hand-over of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government early this week, and left Dodge City with zero fanfare and not even the thanks of a grateful nation.
For most Iraqis and for most uniformed Americans the only gratitude was over the fact that Bremer was gone and the Coalition Provisional Authority, or CPA _ the American troops with their usual acerbity swiftly translated those initials to "Can't Provide Anything" _ was now history.
Inheriting the CPA's mantle and largely undone mission is the largest U.S. embassy in the world, with ...