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Governing Council fails to choose president, Bremer returns to Washington
Associated Press ^ | 07-19-03

Posted on 07/19/2003 5:06:47 PM PDT by Brian S

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:43:00 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Iraq's American-backed administration failed in its first week to choose a president, abandoning that mission in favor of a weak, three-man rotating leadership. The top U.S. official in Iraq -- who hand-picked the Governing Council -- returned to Washington while an insurgency killed another American soldier Saturday.


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