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Top U.S. Administrators in Baghdad Are Being Sent Home

HeadlineMay 12, 2003

In a major overhaul of leadership in Iraq, most of Washington’s top civil administrators in Baghdad are being sent home. Retired Lieutenant General Jay Garner is expected to leave within the next two weeks. Barbara Bodine, who has been in charge of reconstruction for the Baghdad region, will be leaving within the next day or two. Others expected to leave soon include Margaret Tutwiler, who was in charge of overall communications; Tim Carney, who’s been overseeing Iraq’s Ministry of Industry and Minerals; David Dunford, a senior Foreign Service specialist on the Middle East; and John Limbert, the ambassador to Mauritania. This all comes as State Department veteran Paul Bremer arrived in Basra today to become the new top administrator in charge of rebuilding Iraq. He was formerly with Kissinger Associates.

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