Hakim just died
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/world/middleeast/27iraq.html
Shiite Power Broker Dies, in Blow to Iraqi Party
Death of Shiite Leader Hakim Shakes Iraqi Political Bloc
By MARC SANTORA
AUGUST 26, 2009
BAGHDAD — One of the towering figures of post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a Shiite who had longstanding ties with Iran but was also a supporter of the American invasion, died on Wednesday.
Later in the article, ambassador Chris Hill is mentioned.
“The American ambassador, Christopher R. Hill, and Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of American forces in Iraq, issued a joint statement praising his “courage and fortitude” in “building a new Iraq.””