Sunday, June 09, 2019

New Zealand plans to leave as Matthew Tueller finally makes it to Baghdad


  1.  26 minutes ago
    New Zealand to pull out of Iraq Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is shortly due to speak to reporters at a regular press conference and her office has declined to comment.
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  2.  1 hour ago
    BREAKING: NZ pulling troops out of Iraq by June 2020 - announcement expected
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The Green Party warmly welcomes end of Iraq deployment in June 2020 “We’ve actively discouraged engagement in perpetual conflicts, which only feed the war industries and we know lead only to more violence." ☮️
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      "Instead, New Zealand must put our efforts towards humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, and support for our neighbours in the Pacific." 🕊️
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      "New Zealand is increasingly standing as an independent principled voice against war."
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So when does the US pull its troops out of Iraq?



Does that day ever come?

One day has arrived, the US finally has an ambassador in Iraq.  AFP reports Matthew Tueller submitted his credentials in Baghdad today.  There hasn't been a US ambassador in Iraq since January.  Though everyone loves to blame Donald Trump, this one isn't his fault.  He nominated Tueller back in November.  The US Senate refused to hold confirmation hearings for months and months.  Even with ISIS back on the rise, even with the previous ambassador departing Iraq.  They were in no hurry at all. 


  1.  May 17
    The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Ambassador Matthew Tueller to be the Ambassador to Iraq. The U.S. Mission in Baghdad sends its congratulations and warm wishes to Ambassador Tueller and looks forward to his arrival.
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And Tueller wasn't a 'hard' nominee.  He was confirmed to two ambassador posts during the presidency of Barack Obama.  He was not a new nominee the Congress had to begin vetting. 

 11 hours ago
New US ambassador in Matthew Tueller submits his credentials to ’s foreign minister just weeks after Washington brought “non-essential” diplomatic staff home from the
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  1.  15 hours ago
    President received the credentials of ambassadors of New Zealand and the United States to Iraq Tredene Cherie Dobson and Matthew Tueller, at the Presidential Office. His Excellency expressed his wishes for success to the two new ambassadors in their tasks.
     
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