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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arabs signaled readiness Saturday to end their boycott of the commission drafting Iraq’s constitution while the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad began his new job calling for broad participation in the process as a key deadline loomed.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the former American ambassador to Afghanistan, said another priority will be improving U.S. reconstruction aid, now widely viewed as lagging and leaving Iraqis demoralized.
“My approach will be to under-promise and over-deliver,” Khalilzad said Saturday as he took up his new duties.
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Zalmay Khalilzad, the former American ambassador to Afghanistan, said another priority will be improving U.S. reconstruction aid, now widely viewed as lagging and leaving Iraqis demoralized.
“My approach will be to under-promise and over-deliver,” Khalilzad said Saturday as he took up his new duties.
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