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Opened. May 2008; 16 years ago (2008-05) Ambassador. Alina Romanowski (since 2022) The Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad (Arabic: سفارة الولايات المتحدة، بغداد) is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America in the Republic of Iraq. Ambassador Alina Romanowski is currently the chief of mission.
A regional security officer (RSO) is a special agent of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) in charge of a regional security office. The RSO is the principal security attaché and advisor to the U.S. ambassador at American embassies and consulates. [1] Working for the United States Department of State as special agents, RSOs are also ...
In December 2008, a U.S. State Department panel recommended that Xe should be dropped as the main private security contractor for U.S. diplomats in Iraq. [168] On January 30, 2009, the State Department told Blackwater Worldwide that it will not renew its contract in Iraq. [169] However, in 2010 it was awarded a $100 million contract from the ...
Education. University of Chicago (BA, MA) Alina L. Romanowski (born September 26, 1955) is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Iraq since June 2022. [3] She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Kuwait from February 2020 to April 2022. [4]
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is an intelligence agency in the United States Department of State. [1] Its central mission is to provide all-source intelligence and analysis in support of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy. [2] INR is the oldest civilian element of the U.S. Intelligence Community and among the smallest, with ...
A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) was a unit introduced by the United States government, consisting of military officers, diplomats, and reconstruction subject matter experts, working to support reconstruction efforts in unstable states. PRTs were first established in Afghanistan in early 2002, and were used in Iraq as well.
The Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO) is a division of the U.S. Department of Defense established in 2006 to stabilize the post-invasion Iraqi economy, reduce unemployment, and attract foreign investors to Iraq. In 2009, TFBSO expanded operations to include Afghanistan.
Iraq–United States relations. Diplomatic relations between Iraq and the United States began when the U.S. first recognized Iraq on January 9, 1930, with the signing of the Anglo-American-Iraqi Convention in London by Charles G. Dawes, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The historiography of Iraq—United States relations prior to the ...