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 ...  

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.  

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...  

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 ...  

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.  

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 ...  

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...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...