Who is the US Ambassador to Iraq?

[Fiona]

I'm confused. I thought it was John Negroponte, but then today I read an article about Zalmay Khalilzad being our newly-appointed ambassador.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11942765.htm

Yet here's another story saying it's Negroponte. Can anybody explain?


http://iraq.usembassy.gov/iraq/ambassador.html

[Jara sang]

1. I thought Negroponte was the Intelligence Czar.

Now, I'm confused.

[Fiona]

2. ah, you're right

he IS the Director of National Intelligence now.

The new guys' his replacement. Thanks!

[Jara sang]

3. Right on.

:hi:

[cal04]

4. Zalmay Khalilzad new US ambassador to Iraq

US President George W. Bush has chosen Zalmay Khalilzad, his special envoy to Afghanistan, as the new US ambassador to Iraq.

Khalilzad, an Afghan American, who takes over the post vacated when President Bush named Ambassador John Negroponte to take over in the newly created position of national intelligence director, said he would strive with the Iraqis to build a democratic and free Iraq in the country with one of the

http://in.news.yahoo.com/050406/43/2kl06.html

He has been a special envoy to Iraq during the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. On September 24, 2003, George W. Bush also named Khalilzad the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and he took his post in Kabul on November 27. President Bush plans to nominate Khalilzad as ambassador to Iraq on March 11, 2005 .

He is a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter sent to President William Jefferson Clinton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalmay_Khalilzad