Barrack's Iraq portfolio: What it reveals about US Middle East policy Barrack’s appointment has one important advantage for Iraqis: he is not just any envoy. He is an extraordinarily powerful diplomat, in direct personal contact with the President of the United States and other senior figures in Washington. In other words, he can get things done in Washington in a way no other envoy or ambassador to Iraq has.
Barrack's Iraq portfolio: What it reveals about US Middle East policy Barrack’s appointment has one important advantage for Iraqis: he is not just any envoy. He is an extraordinarily powerful diplomat, in direct personal contact with the President of the United States and other senior figures in Washington. In other words, he can get things done in Washington in a way no other envoy or ambassador to Iraq has.
