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Zalmay Khalilzad is the current United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He is the highest ranking Afghan American or Muslim in the administration of George W. Bush. A former professor of political science at Columbia University, Khalilzad also served as a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations before becoming a State Department advisor under the Ronald Reagan administration. He served in various government advisory positions until the 9/11 attacks, after which he became the special envoy to Afghanistan and then the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. He became the official U.S. ambassador to Iraq on June 21, 2005 and then the ambassador to the UN on February 12, 2007. He has written extensively about U.S. foreign policy leadership after the Cold War.

Fast Facts

Born: March 22, 1951
Birthplace: Mazari Sharif, Afganistan
UN Ambassador: April 17, 2007
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq: 2005 to 2007
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan: 2003 to 2007
Former fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Former professor at Columbia University
Studied at the University of Chicago
Religion: Sunni Islam

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Zalmay Khalilzad Recent News

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Reuters: US mulls Sudan sanctions over peace keepers delay (October 25, 2007)
BBC: US envoy urges Burma 'transition' (October 10,2007)
The Economist: An ambassador takes his leave (May 29, 2007)
Financial Times: Khalilzad admits talks with Iraq insurgents(March 26, 2007)

Zalmay Khalilzad Background and Profiles

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Ambassador to Iraq

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The New York Times: Bush Names Envoy in Kabul to Be Ambassador to Iraq (2005)
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Ambassador to the United Nations

BBC: Khalilzad to be new US UN envoy (January 8, 2007)
U.S. Mission to the U.N.: Statements by Ambassador Khalilzad

Zalmay Khalilzad Blogs and Commentaries

The Huffington Post: Trey Ellis: What Bush Could Not Bring Himself to Say
China Matters: Third Time's the Charm?
Beirutspring.com: Choosing The Lebanese President. Part 1.
Armchair Generalist: Kill the Opium Poppy Fields
Mouth of the Potomac: G.I.'s Hunt Iran's Surrogates in Iraq

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CBS News: Zalmay Khalilzad On Iraq Crackdown (2006)
BBC Video: New Iraq Strategy Briefing, January 15, 2007
National Press Club: Speech on October 25, 2007

Zalmay Khalilzad Criticism and Controversy

truthout: Zalmay Khalilzad and the Bush Agenda
Emperor's Clothes: Zalmay Khalilzad - Special US Envoy for Islamic Terror
CounterPunch: The Neocon's Bagman to Baghdad (2003)
Kabul News: Zalmay Khalizad is not fit to represent the United States in the United Nations

Zalmay Khalilzad Timeline

1951: Born Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan
1979: Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University's
1984: Received Council of Foreign Relations fellowship to work at the State Department
1985-1989: Was a senior State Department official in President Reagan's Administration
1990-1992: Served as Deputy Undersecretary for Policy Planning in the Defense Department
1993-2000: Director at the RAND Corporation
2001: Became Special Assistant to the President on the National Security Council
2003-2005: Served as US ambassador to Afganistan
2005-2007:Served as US ambassador to Iraq
2007: Appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

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