U.S. Mission in Iraq Plans Scale-Down
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
| 18 Dec 2019 – The U.S. Mission in Iraq plans to reduce its staff (FP) by nearly 30 percent by the end of May, according to plans sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The majority of personnel cuts will be to State Department positions, but the Defense Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) also plan to reduce staff. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/17/state-department-dramatic-scale-down-presence-iraq-trump-middle-east-pompeo-diplomacy-iran/?utm_source=dailybrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyBrief2019dec18&utm_term=DailyNewsBrief |