Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker
U.S. Ambassador to of Iraq
Ryan Crocker was confirmed as Ambassador to Iraq on March 7, 2007. He assumed Chief of Mission duties at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on March 29, 2007, after serving as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan from October 2004 to March 2007. He served previously as the International Affairs Advisor at the National War College, where he joined the faculty in 2003. From May to August 2003, he was in Baghdad as the first Director of Governance for the Coalition Provisional Authority. The following is from Ambassador Crocker’s September 10, 2007, testimony before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services…