Zalmay Khalilzad’s manly vest
My only question about the outgoing U.S. ambassador’s tricked-out bullet-proof vest is, will he take it with him when he leaves Iraq? His replacement in Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, doesn’t seem like quite the self-aggrandizing type.
My only question about the outgoing U.S. ambassador's tricked-out bullet-proof vest is, will he take it with him when he leaves Iraq?
My only question about the outgoing U.S. ambassador’s tricked-out bullet-proof vest is, will he take it with him when he leaves Iraq?
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His replacement in Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, doesn’t seem like quite the self-aggrandizing type.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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