The New Iraq

1
The New Iraq

• Who Will run Iraq
• by
• Leslie Kramer

2
Who Will Run Iraq

• President Bush is going to announce a diplomat
  who will have authority over Gen. Garner in Iraq
• Bush Plans to announce L. Paul Bremer for the
  job.
• A career State Department official and
  counterterrorism and security expert
• Was part of the Reagan administration
• an Ambassador at large for counterterrorism

3
Job Titles that Bremer has held

• A 23 year State Department career
• Served as special assistant or executive
  assistant to 6 Secretaries of State
• In 1999 appointed chairman of the National
  Commission on Terrorism by House Speaker Denny
  Hastert.

4
Bremers Appointment

• His imminent appointment counts as a win for
  Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Has been battling with Defense Department under
  Donald Rumsfeld
• How Iraq will be governed and how long the U.S.
  presence will last

5
The Role of the State Department

• Powell says
• The State Department will begin to play a more
  significant role.
• As of right now, unclear on exactly what role
  that it will be

6
Background info. About Bremer

• Received his BA from Yale University
• A CEP from the Institute D'Etudes Politiques of
  the University of Paris
• An MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business
  Administration
• Also can speak three languages
• French, Dutch and Norwegian

7
Awards that Bremer has Received

• Received the State Department Superior Honor
  Award
• Two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards
• Distinguished Honor Award from the Secretary of
  State

8
What Others say about this appointment

• Saying Bremer will provide a counterforce to
  neoconservative ideologues at the Pentagon and
  White House
• As one U.S official says, its a very good idea,
  you need a senior diplomatic person there.

9
Credits

• http//www.msnbc.com/news/907496.asp
• Picture on slide four from
• http//www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s368582.htm
  
• Picture on slide five from
• http//www.state.gov/secretary/
• Info on slides six and seven from
• http//www.mmc.com/news/newsOperatingCompanies_bre
  mer_06_02.php

10
The End