Leadership Opportunities in Iraq PRTs

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SUBJECT: Leadership Opportunities in Iraq PRTs


1. Embassy Baghdad OPA requests that NEA/EX transmit following as
ALDAC.


2. Dear Senior-level Colleagues:


3. We ask you to consider a position as Team Leader of an Iraq
Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Success in Iraq remains a
vital component of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, and the
PRTs are central to President Obama's Iraq strategy. The State
Department continues to need the very best to serve as PRT leaders
to ensure that our effort in Iraq remains strong.


4. Our mission in Iraq, as laid out by the President, is clear: an
Iraq that is sovereign, stable, and self-reliant. Iraq PRT Leaders
are at the forefront of shaping the U.S.-Iraqi relationship at the
provincial and local levels and working to achieve these goals. We,
your predecessors, have laid some of the groundwork, but the mantle
needs to be taken up by individuals ready for the challenge of
serving in a leadership position in Iraq.


5. As current and former Iraq PRT Leaders, we are proud to have
worked in one of the most critical and challenging environments for
U.S. foreign policy. Some of us have even taken up the challenge
more than once because we sense the importance of the mission. We
understand that our Iraq effort is a long-term commitment and that
success in this endeavor is nurtured by the PRTs.


6. As a PRT Leader you may enjoy more autonomy and responsibility
than at any other time in your Foreign Service career. The work is
intense, exciting and dynamic. You can see and appreciate the
tangible difference your work is making. It is not an exaggeration
to say that the success of our strategy in Iraq will depend on you
and your team. That is why PRT members who serve in Iraq leave with
the feeling that their tour was among the most professionally and
personally rewarding things they've ever done.


7. As diplomats in an increasingly "expeditionary" Foreign Service,
we encourage you to bid on these positions which will afford you a
once in a lifetime leadership experience. Again, thank you for your
consideration. We invite you to ask us any questions you may have.


8. Respectfully, Current and Former Iraq PRT/REO/ePRT Team Leaders

Ted Andrews
Jess L. Baily
John Bass
Kevin Blackstone
Thomas F. Burke
Pasquale Capriglione
Donald Cooke
Philip Egger
Paul Folmsbee
Dan Foote
Richard Hawkins
Ken Hillas
Darrell Jenks
Howard Keegan
Glen Keiser
John Kincannon
Michael Klecheski
Alex Laskaris
Brad Lynch
John A. Matel
Gary Mignano
Cameron Munter
John Naland
Paul O'Friel
Andy Passen
Mark Powell
Robert Reed
Angus Simmons
Anthony Spakauskas
David Stewart
Lucy Tamlyn
Michael Thurston
Eric Whitaker
George White
Timothy Zuniga-Brown

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