State Department plans to reduce staffing levels in Iraq

The document, dated December 6 and sent by Bureau of Legislative Affairs Assistant Secretary Mary Elizabeth Taylor to committee Chairman Jim Risch, an Idaho Republican, outlines plans to reduce staffing levels at US Mission Iraq by 28% by the end of May 2020. The reduction would mean 114 fewer people at the US Embassy in Baghdad, 15 fewer people at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center and eight fewer people at Consulate General Erbil.

Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, pressed Biegun to restore personnel numbers."It is no longer justified based on security threats to have this minimal presence because we had even greater security threats confronting our diplomatic personnel for long portions of our time in Iraq," Murphy said."We need to find a way to get our folks back into Baghdad before we lose everything that we have gained in that country.

Together and with others we pray concerning all cases of missing children asking God the Father to bring them back to places of safety for the sake of the testimony of Jesus who said suffer the children and forbid them not to come unto Me.

We should pull them all out and fire most of them for disloyalty to the USA.

This just in: climate-change brat is a fraud and a liar.

Make America great not with Trump 😂

Do you plan to shrink Excuse me ... Didn't the US withdraw its troops from Syria a few months ago? The White House, the Senate, the Pentagon, and the State Department.. all look like a multi-headed monster that spews flame in different colors.

Yes, yes, yes!!! Let's get all of the experienced diplomats out of the country so the corrupt-monied American interests can move in. What could go wrong?

Ok, so we're NOT gearing up for an Iran war. I wish this administration would make up their mind...

Can’t believe anything you have to say you have covered up so much crime, the best thing that foreign countries could do right now is the band any member of CNN To their country especially the UK

Bring back all Americans, we will be more safe with all Americans here. The old brains who sent them there were wrong. Refresh your brains there are no enemies and nobody will attack America. Just look all of these veterans who suicide and die every day.

Foreign Policy was the first to report on the document and planned reductions.

The cuts would include Defense Department and the US Agency for International Development personnel.

The reduction would mean 114 fewer people at the US Embassy in Baghdad.

Another good move by Trump, hope they are home for Christmas.

We will need to see the transcript !

What’s the mission in Iraq? Bush43 lied to Americans about the WMDs, and got away with it. He was above the law. Americans should ponder why he wasn’t impeached.

Conspiracy alert: when you tell a significant number of non-military personnel to leave an area and troops in Afghanistan are 'moving' something is about to happen.

We only seem to help Saudi Arabia and Russia these days.

Yeah because 3rdYearWW3

Awesome. Trump understands we can’t help primitive cultures no matter what we do.

but they're doing so much good there, lol

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