March 21, 2003
Third Diplomat Resigns Over War
Third veteran US diplomat quits over Iraq war
Third veteran US diplomat quits over Iraq war Thursday, 20-Mar-2003 9:20AM Story from AFP
Copyright 2003 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet)
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WASHINGTON, March 20 (AFP) - Another veteran US diplomat has resigned from the State Department in protest over President George W. Bush's policy toward Iraq, becoming the third and the highest-ranking career foreign service officer to do so since last month, officials said Thursday.
Mary Wright, the number two at the US embassy in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, told Secretary of State Colin Powell she was resigning because she could no longer perform her job in good conscience, the officials said.
"She was a good officer and very well respected," said one official. "We'll miss her."
In a letter to Powell, Wright, who joined the State Department 15 years ago after a 26-year stint in the army and army reserves, also said she disagreed with Bush's Mideast policy, his approach to North Korea and could not support the domestic consequences of the war on terrorism.
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On the Mary Wright resignation, YOU GO, GRL! Interesting that we have to rely on Agence France-Presse to hear about it, eh?
Thanks for your site.
JSO