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09STATE12868
2009-02-11 23:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
APPRECIATION FOR AMBASSADOR'S SERVICE
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UNCLAS STATE 012868
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL IZ
SUBJECT: APPRECIATION FOR AMBASSADOR'S SERVICE
Message from Acting Assistant Secretary Ambassador Jeffrey
Feltman to Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker:
Ryan, on behalf of all of your friends and admirers in your
NEA family, I want to thank you personally for your efforts,
and your remarkable accomplishments, in Iraq. Under your
leadership the Embassy and other elements of the U.S. Mission
have made an extraordinary contribution to the great success
of Iraq towards achieving stability and reconciliation. The
fact that over seven million Iraqis were able to safely vote
in free and fair elections for their provincial council
representatives last month underscored just how far Iraq has
come.
Because of your tireless efforts, the change in the U.S.
approach to Iraq which coincided with your arrival in Baghdad
has largely accomplished its goals. Your skill and
persistence are the reason the U.S. and Iraq signed historic
Strategic Framework and Security Agreements that establish a
strategic partnership of momentous importance to our two
countries, and to the region as a whole. These successes
could not have been achieved without your expertise,
diplomatic skills, leadership and ) perhaps most of all --
your tenacity.
All of us in the Department will miss your counsel and
camaraderie as you move on to a very well-deserved
retirement. You leave a legendary career. We in NEA are
very proud to have been able to have one of the Department's
best as one of our own. Again, thank you for your
extraordinary service to the State Department, and to your
country.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL IZ
SUBJECT: APPRECIATION FOR AMBASSADOR'S SERVICE
Message from Acting Assistant Secretary Ambassador Jeffrey
Feltman to Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker:
Ryan, on behalf of all of your friends and admirers in your
NEA family, I want to thank you personally for your efforts,
and your remarkable accomplishments, in Iraq. Under your
leadership the Embassy and other elements of the U.S. Mission
have made an extraordinary contribution to the great success
of Iraq towards achieving stability and reconciliation. The
fact that over seven million Iraqis were able to safely vote
in free and fair elections for their provincial council
representatives last month underscored just how far Iraq has
come.
Because of your tireless efforts, the change in the U.S.
approach to Iraq which coincided with your arrival in Baghdad
has largely accomplished its goals. Your skill and
persistence are the reason the U.S. and Iraq signed historic
Strategic Framework and Security Agreements that establish a
strategic partnership of momentous importance to our two
countries, and to the region as a whole. These successes
could not have been achieved without your expertise,
diplomatic skills, leadership and ) perhaps most of all --
your tenacity.
All of us in the Department will miss your counsel and
camaraderie as you move on to a very well-deserved
retirement. You leave a legendary career. We in NEA are
very proud to have been able to have one of the Department's
best as one of our own. Again, thank you for your
extraordinary service to the State Department, and to your
country.
CLINTON