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Article: EMBASSY ROW.(World)(Embassy Row)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- August 23, 2000
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DIPLOMATS EXPELLED
Congolese Ambassador Faida Mitifu is wondering how she is going to run her embassy after two diplomats - half of her staff - leave the United States today.
The State Department Monday night ordered the two diplomats out of the country in retaliation for the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats from the Congo over the weekend.
Asked how the embassy can function with her depleted staff, Mrs. Mitifu responded, "You tell me. You tell me."
"I'm very saddened," she said. "How can I work with two diplomats? I'm very saddened to see them gone."
Nestor Wawa, a minister-counselor in charge of administration and ...