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P 062047Z JUL 09
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY 8185

UNCLAS STATE 069792 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: APER
SUBJECT: Leadership Opportunities in Iraq PRTs 
 
¶1.  Dear Senior-level Colleagues: 
 
¶2.  We ask you to consider a position as Team Leader of an 
Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).  Success in Iraq remains 
a vital component of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, and 
the PRTs are central to President Obama's Iraq strategy.  The 
State Department continues to need the very best to serve as 
PRT leaders to ensure that our effort in Iraq remains strong. 
 
¶3.  Our mission in Iraq, as laid out by the President, is 
clear: an Iraq that is sovereign, stable, and self-reliant. 
Iraq PRT Leaders are at the forefront of shaping the U.S.- 
Iraqi relationship at the provincial and local levels and 
working to achieve these goals.  We, your predecessors, have 
laid some of the groundwork, but the mantle needs to be taken 
up by individuals ready for the challenge of serving in a 
leadership position in Iraq. 
 
¶4.  As current and former Iraq PRT Leaders, we are proud to 
have worked in one of the most critical and challenging 
environments for U.S. foreign policy.  Some of us have even 
taken up the challenge more than once because we sense the 
importance of the mission.  We understand that our Iraq effort 
is a long-term commitment and that success in this endeavor is 
nurtured by the PRTs. 
 
¶5.  As a PRT Leader you may enjoy more autonomy and 
responsibility than at any other time in your Foreign Service 
career.  The work is intense, exciting and dynamic.  You can 
see and appreciate the tangible difference your work is 
making.  It is not an exaggeration to say that the success of 
our strategy in Iraq will depend on you and your team.  That 
is why PRT members who serve in Iraq leave with the feeling 
that their tour was among the most professionally and 
personally rewarding things they've ever done. 
 
¶6.  As diplomats in an increasingly "expeditionary" Foreign 
Service, we encourage you to bid on these positions which will 
afford you a once in a lifetime leadership experience.  Again, 
thank you for your consideration.  We invite you to ask us any 
questions you may have. 
 
¶7.  Respectfully, Current and Former Iraq PRT/REO/ePRT Team 
Leaders 
 
Ted Andrews 
Jess L. Baily 
John Bass 
Kevin Blackstone 
Thomas F. Burke 
Pasquale Capriglione 
Donald Cooke 
Philip Egger 
Paul Folmsbee 
Dan Foote 
Richard Hawkins 
Ken Hillas 
Darrell Jenks 
Howard Keegan 
Glen Keiser 
John Kincannon 
Michael Klecheski 
Alex Laskaris 
Brad Lynch 
John A. Matel 
Gary Mignano 
Cameron Munter 
John Naland 
Paul O'Friel 
Andy Passen 
Mark Powell 
Robert Reed 
Angus Simmons 
David Stewart 
Lucy Tamlyn 
Michael Thurston 
Eric Whitaker 
George White 
Timothy Zuniga-Brown 
John Jones 
 
¶8.  Minimize considered. 
CLINTON