Ambassador Ryan Crocker

Ryan C. Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan ... The State Department also announced the retirement of Jeffrey D. Feltman, the assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said that she does ...  

KABUL - The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer.  

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer. Crocker, 62, came out of retirement last July to take over as the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan. Crocker was widely known for ...  

The 62-year-old came out of retirement last July to take over the post. KABUL, Afghanistan - Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.  

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John Allen, will also be leaving shortly ... Is that an end goal, or is it just part of a process that ultimately needs a political conclusion? Ambassador Ryan Crocker: In my view it's both. I come out of Iraq, as does General Allen.  

Veteran US diplomat Ryan Crocker is leaving his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer due to health reason, the State Department has said. "Today, Ambassador Ryan Crocker confirmed to the Afghan Government, US Mission Afghanistan, and ...  

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker confirmed on Tuesday that he plans to step down this summer because of ill health, and sources said he was held in high regard and was not pushed out. "Today, Ambassador Ryan Crocker confirmed to the Afghan ...  

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer.   

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker confirmed on Tuesday that he plans to step down this summer because of ill health and sources said he was held in high regard and was not pushed out. "Today, Ambassador Ryan Crocker confirmed to the Afghan Government, U.S. Mission Afghanistan, and the ISAF community that he intends to depart his post for health reasons in mid-summer," State Department spokeswoman Victoria...  

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer.Crocker, 62, came out of retirement last July to take over as the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan.Crocker became widely known for his role as U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009. It is unclear why he is leaving the post a year ahead of schedule.He also served as U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Pakistan, Kuwait and Syria...  

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer. Crocker, 62, came out of retirement last July to take over as the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan. Crocker became widely known for his role as U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009. It [...]  

And as he prepared to leave Kabul, he sat down with our own Renee Montagne. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: When we talked, Ambassador Ryan Crocker said one key argument that will be made in Chicago for supporting Afghanistan security forces is that it's ...  

WASHINGTON -- US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker will step down from his post in mid-summer for health reasons, the State Department said Tuesday. There were no details on what medical issues might be behind the early departure of the veteran 62-year-old diplomat, who previously served as US envoy to...  

Ryan C. Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, said Tuesday that he will leave his job this summer, just one year after President Obama called him out of retirement to manage the crucial embassy in Kabul. Read full article >>  

Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, will step down this summer after a year on the job due to health reasons, according to State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. A statement by Nuland said Crocker confirmed his plan to the Afghan government and the U.S.-led NATO military mission in the country. Crocker was named as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan on July 25, 2011. A senior U.S. administration official told CNN...  

WASHINGTON - Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping down as ambassador to Afghanistan and retiring from the U.S. foreign service after a storied tenure in some of the world's most dangerous hot spots.  

Crocker, who left his job as dean of the public service school in July at the request of President Barack Obama, retained his title of dean — minus any A salary — as a commitment to return after his service, likely two years, in Afghanistan.  

The U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan is to step down after just a year in the job, leaving behind a hard-won deal defining long-term relations between Kabul and Washington but a tangle of other challenges for his successor. The State Department said Ryan Crocker, a career diplomat who came out of retirement to take charge of the embassy in Kabul last July, is leaving because of health reasons.Crocker was tasked with trying to reset an...  

No reason is given for the decision by Ryan Crocker, who also served as envoy to Iraq.KABUL, Afghanistan — Ryan Crocker, a respected diplomat who came out of retirement to become the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his post this summer, a year ahead of schedule.  

KABUL - Ryan Crocker, a respected diplomat who came out of retirement to become the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his post this summer, a year ahead of schedule. U.S. Embassy spokesman Mark Thornburg on Tuesday confirmed Crocker's plans to depart.  

Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping down as ambassador to Afghanistan and retiring from the US foreign service after a career in some of the world's deadliest hotspots.Related StoriesGrowth plan pressure on EU leadersSpinal Tap's McKean struck by carRoyals take in indigenous culture'Humiliated' Zuma in painting stormNancy Reagan...  

KABUL — Ryan Crocker, a respected diplomat who came out of retirement ... Crocker came to Kabul at roughly the same time as Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, and it had been hoped that the team could remake the troubled American relationship ...  

WASHINGTON — Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the ... An Arabic speaker, he held diplomatic posts in Qatar, Iran, Egypt and Lebanon earlier in his career. As a young officer, he was in Beirut when the U.S. Embassy there ...  

By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became ... of his 2007-2009 stint as U.S. ambassador to Iraq during former President George W. Bush's military "surge" - a period in which he testified before ...  

U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker is stepping down from his position in the coming months, even as the United States and its NATO allies work their way out of the costly war. In a statement, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said Crocker was confirming "with regret" that he will leave as ambassador sometime mid-2012.  State Department officials said the ambassador is stepping down for health reasons. Crocker left retirement last July...  

Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.

Crocker, 62, came out of retirement last July to take over the post after a request from President Barack Obama. Crocker was widely known for his role as U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009.  

More from GlobalPost: Afghanistan and US agree on strategic partnership deal The Obama administration is considering replacing Crocker with the current deputy ambassador to Afghanistan, James Cunningham, sources told Reuters. Cunningham was ambassador to ...  

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, a veteran diplomat who has previously served as the American envoy in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria, is expected to step down soon, US media reported on Tuesday. According to CBS News, the surprise news of Crocker's departure came Monday night, hours after the conclusion of the NATO summit in Chicago, where Crocker was in attendance with President Obama ...  

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday. Crocker, 62, came out of retirement last July to take over the post after a request from ...  

Andrea Mitchell reported on MSNBC that the resignation stemmed from health problems. The loss of Crocker, who has decades of diplomatic experience, is a setback for the Obama administration. Crocker had previously served as ambassador to Iraq ...  

Ryan Crocker, the Texas A Bush School dean who has been serving as ambassador to Afghanistan since July, will be stepping down from his diplomatic... Ryan Crocker, the Texas A Bush School dean who has been serving as ambassador to ...  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post as ambassador ... The most likely candidate would be James Cunningham, one of four other ambassadors serving under Crocker in Kabul. There have been persistent ...  

(CBS News) U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, a veteran diplomat who has previously served as the American envoy in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria, is stepping down from his post. Acting embassy spokesman Mark Thornburg told the Associated ...  

The announcement came at the end of the NATO summit in Chicago, in which leaders planned troop withdrawals from the war in Afghanistan. Crocker, 62, came out of retirement to become ambassador to Afghanistan in July 2011. He was awarded the Presidential ...  

The Obama administration is considering Deputy Ambassador James Cunningham to replace Mr Crocker when he leaves the post as early as this month, sources told the Reuters news agency. It was not immediately clear why the widely respected diplomat was leaving.  

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker is expected to step down soon from his post as President Barack Obama's envoy to Afghanistan, departing the U.S. mission in Kabul as the United States negotiates a host of challenges on its course out of the long, costly war. The Obama administration is considering Deputy Ambassador James Cunningham to replace Crocker when he leaves the post as early as this month, sources familiar with...  

The United States has nearly 100,000 troops in Afghanistan ... killed in ISAF air strikes. Karzai said then that the civilian deaths threatened the strategic pact. But both Crocker and Karzai were in Chicago for the NATO summit, where US ...  

(CBS News) U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, a veteran diplomat who has previously served as the American envoy in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria, is expected to step down soon, CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell reports.  

The decision by Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, to step down from his diplomatic post has led Bush School faculty and administrators to wonder who will be leading their school. Crocker, who left his job as dean of the public ...  

Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, will step down from his post by mid-summer for health reasons, after a year of service, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday. Victoria Nuland, a State Department spokeswoman, praised Crocker ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of...  

The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, is to leave his post this summer, the embassy in Kabul confirmed on Tuesday.  

KABUL, Afghanistan – Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, spelled out in detail Sunday what Washington expects from its NATO allies at the upcoming summit in Chicago: a long-term financial commitment to Afghanistan. “I don’t want to be flip,” Crocker told a group of visiting reporters at his residence in Kabul, but the aim in Chicago is to get “as much money as we can get for as long as we can get it.”  

The Daily Telegraph (UK) has published some very ominous quotes from Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the State Department's man in Kabul. While many in Washington are trying to downplay the importance of Afghanistan to al Qaeda, Crocker is saying the ...  

US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said that America will not have permanent military bases in Afghanistan, nor will it ever use the embattled nation to launch offensives on another state. Crocker sought to reassure Afghans and the region at a Kabul press conference that the long-term agreement between the two countries, signed Wednesday, was not seeking to establish a US military ...  

US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said his country would support any government system backed by the Afghan people. A visiting group of US Congressmen and leaders of the Afghanistan National Front (ANF) suggested a parliamentary model as a suitable alternative to the present presidential system. Crocker, who arrived in Kandahar city, capital of southern Kandahar province, said the visit ...  

(PR-inside.com) Hillary Clinton called the US ambassador to Kabul, Ryan Crocker, to “discuss the cowardly attacks in Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan” and to confirm US personnel were safe, the State Department said.Clinton “asked Ambassador Crocker to convey to President Karzai the United States’ appreciation for the swift and effective response of Afghan National Security Forces,” her spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.Clinton...  

On the Wednesday, May 02 edition of Amanpour, host Christiane Amanpour interviews the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, following President Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan.   Several hours after the VIP visit, a suicide attack ...  

The United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker has warned that the potential withdrawal of the US-led troops from the war-torn country bares unacceptable risks that could lead to another 9/11. “To get out before the Afghans have a full grip on ...  

The pact between the United States and Afghanistan could leave the door open for continued drone strikes against insurgent targets in Pakistan after 2014, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker indicated Wednesday.  

US Ambassador Ryan Crocker to Kabul said the ability of Afghan security forces to respond to a wave of coordinated attacks Sunday across Afghanistan were a "clear sign of progress."  

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the ability of Afghan security forces to respond to the attacks was a "clear sign of progress".