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Bremer exits with long record of bad decisions.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| July 01, 2004 | Galloway, Joseph L. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Joseph L. Galloway

WASHINGTON _ Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, the American proconsul, did a stealth hand-over of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government early this week, and left Dodge City with zero fanfare and not even the thanks of a grateful nation.

For most Iraqis and for most uniformed Americans the only gratitude was over the fact that Bremer was gone and the Coalition Provisional Authority, or CPA _ the American troops with their usual acerbity swiftly translated those initials to "Can't Provide Anything" _ was now history.

Inheriting the CPA's mantle and largely undone mission is the largest U.S. embassy in the world, with more than a thousand employees. Finally, after 14 excruciating months of bungled civilian administration under the auspices of the Department of Defense and its secretary, ...

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