Senate reviews Khalilzad nomination for Iraq ambassador
(8 Jun 2005)
1. Zalmay Khalilzad walks into Senate Foreign Relations Committee room, sits down at table
2. Cutaway of senators on Foreign Relations Committee
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Zalmay Khalilzad, nominee for post of US Ambassador to Iraq:
"I think what we need to do is a better job of explaining our goals - the goal that (we want) an Iraq that is self-reliant and an Iraq that's successful. We want Iraq for the Iraqis and Iraq that works for the Iraqi people. It's the insurgents who don't care about the Iraqi people. It is the insurgents who have an agenda of promoting a war between that region and the rest of the world."
4. Cutaway of senators
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Zalmay Khalilzad, nominee for post of US Ambassador to Iraq:
"We, I think, need to do a better job, and I will see what it is we can do to explain who they are, what is it that they want (the insurgents in Iraq), and also who we are and what it is that we want. We do not stay where we are not wanted. When Iraq can stand on its own feet and when the Iraqi government would like us to leave, we will leave. Our goal is an Iraq that can stand on its own feet, an Iraq that works for all Iraqi communities, an Iraq that's successful, an Iraq that has the potential to be a great country."
6. Senator Barack Obama questioning Khalilzad, pull out to wide shot of Khalilzad at witness table
STORYLINE:
The man US President George W. Bush has selected to be the next US Ambassador to Iraq took questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
Zalmay Khalilzad said the US needs to do a better job of engaging the Iraqi public and explaining the US vision for Iraq.
He said the US needs to underscore that it is not in Iraq to be an occupying power, and that American troops will leave as soon as "Iraq can stand on its own feet."
And he said if the Senate confirms his nomination, he will launch a public relations effort aimed at strengthening the confidence of the Iraqi people in the US.
In the month of May 2005 alone, it was reported that 765 people - primarily Iraqis - died in insurgent-related violence.
Khalilzad is currently the US Ambassador to Afghanistan.
He was picked by Bush two months ago to succeed the former Ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, now the new US Director of National Intelligence.
This is a crucial period for Iraq.
The country's 275-member National Assembly has until August 15 to draft a constitution, which will be put to a nationwide vote two months later.
If adopted, it will provide the basis for a general election by December 15, which would conclude a US-sponsored political process spanning nearly two years.
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1. Zalmay Khalilzad walks into Senate Foreign Relations Committee room, sits down at table
2. Cutaway of senators on Foreign Relations Committee
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Zalmay Khalilzad, nominee for post of US Ambassador to Iraq:
"I think what we need to do is a better job of explaining our goals - the goal that (we want) an Iraq that is self-reliant and an Iraq that's successful. We want Iraq for the Iraqis and Iraq that works for the Iraqi people. It's the insurgents who don't care about the Iraqi people. It is the insurgents who have an agenda of promoting a war between that region and the rest of the world."
4. Cutaway of senators
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Zalmay Khalilzad, nominee for post of US Ambassador to Iraq:
"We, I think, need to do a better job, and I will see what it is we can do to explain who they are, what is it that they want (the insurgents in Iraq), and also who we are and what it is that we want. We do not stay where we are not wanted. When Iraq can stand on its own feet and when the Iraqi government would like us to leave, we will leave. Our goal is an Iraq that can stand on its own feet, an Iraq that works for all Iraqi communities, an Iraq that's successful, an Iraq that has the potential to be a great country."
6. Senator Barack Obama questioning Khalilzad, pull out to wide shot of Khalilzad at witness table
STORYLINE:
The man US President George W. Bush has selected to be the next US Ambassador to Iraq took questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
Zalmay Khalilzad said the US needs to do a better job of engaging the Iraqi public and explaining the US vision for Iraq.
He said the US needs to underscore that it is not in Iraq to be an occupying power, and that American troops will leave as soon as "Iraq can stand on its own feet."
And he said if the Senate confirms his nomination, he will launch a public relations effort aimed at strengthening the confidence of the Iraqi people in the US.
In the month of May 2005 alone, it was reported that 765 people - primarily Iraqis - died in insurgent-related violence.
Khalilzad is currently the US Ambassador to Afghanistan.
He was picked by Bush two months ago to succeed the former Ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, now the new US Director of National Intelligence.
This is a crucial period for Iraq.
The country's 275-member National Assembly has until August 15 to draft a constitution, which will be put to a nationwide vote two months later.
If adopted, it will provide the basis for a general election by December 15, which would conclude a US-sponsored political process spanning nearly two years.
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