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Article: Negroponte's Move to Iraq Calculated to Ease Transition; As U.S. Envoy Begins 'Most Difficult Challenge,' He Plans to Focus on Nation's Elections, Reconstruction
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- The Washington Post
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- June 20, 2004
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When the de facto U.S. administrator of Iraq, L. Paul Bremer,
resigns at the end of the month and the new interim Iraqi government
officially begins to exercise some political power, the senior
American civilian will be the incoming ambassador, John D.
Negroponte. If all goes according to plan, Bremer will give up his
office in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces on June 30, and the
next day Negroponte will modestly appear before interim government
authorities to present his credentials.
The message behind the symbolism: Negroponte is not the ultimate
authority in Iraq, just one of several dozen ambassadors working in