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President Obama's embattled nominee to be the next ambassador to Baghdad is facing tough questions from several GOP senators about his qualifications and his judgment following last week's e-mail leaks between him and a newspaper reporter that he later married. But late Wednesday, Brett McGurk got an important vote of confidence from the three previous [...]
Aamer Madhani reports for USA Today:
President Obama's embattled nominee to be the next ambassador to Baghdad is facing tough questions from several GOP senators about his qualifications and his judgment following last week's e-mail leaks between him and a newspaper reporter that he later married.
But late Wednesday, Brett McGurk got an important vote of confidence from the three previous ambassadors to Baghdad.
U.S. oil major Chevron is pressing forward with new drilling and exploration activities in Iraqi Kurdistan.
