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  • U.S. President Obama (White House)

    2012 State of the Union Address

    "Think about the America within our reach...A future where we’re in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren’t so tied to unstable parts of the world."

  • Secretary of State

    Situation at Ashraf

    We commend the Government of Iraq for its work with United Nations Special Representative Ambassador Martin Kobler, and welcome this important step toward a humane resolution to the ongoing situation at Ashraf.

  • DOD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

    Defense Secretary Panetta at End-of-Mission Ceremony in Iraq

    With the departure of the remaining U.S. forces within these last few days to the end of the year, we salute the fact that Iraq is now fully responsible for directing its own path to future security and future prosperity.

News from the Embassy

News from the Region

Recent and Current Embassy Activities

  • PAO Chuck Hunter welcomes participants to the Cultural NGO Conference.
    U.S. Embassy and Iraqi Ministry of Culture Organize a Cultural NGO Conference (January 18-19, 2012)

    Discussions took place both in person and via digital video conference with American and Iraqi speakers on a variety of topics focused on NGO management. These topics included volunteerism, the nuts and bolts of running an NGO in Iraq, fundraising, grant writing, as well as an insider’s view to the Embassy’s cultural program priorities. 

  • The delegation poses with Kathy DeBoer of the American Volleyball Coaches Association after a session on gender and competition.
(Dept. of State)
    Volleyball Coaches’ Program in the U.S.

    An all-female Iraqi delegation of 14 volleyball coaches traveled to the United States December 8-20 to meet with their American counterparts in Washington, D.C. and San Antonio, Texas, in an international sports exchange organized by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The delegation visited local schools, participated in team-building exercises, and engaged with athletes and coaches with physical and intellectual disabilities during sessions organized by the Special Olympics and USA Volleyball. 

  • TESOL International President Christine Coombe poses with representatives from the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi ministries of Education and Higher Education and Scientific Research at the formation conference for TESOL Iraq.
    U.S. Assists in Forming TESOL Iraq

    “The delegates at this formation conference have participated in democratic elections and chosen their leadership for the next two years. Along with our friends at the British Council, the U.S. Embassy stands ready to support TESOL Iraq and its new leadership,” said Chuck Hunter, the Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy, in congratulating the new group’s founders. 

  • Martial Arts Clinics for Taekwondo Coaches
    Martial Arts Clinics for Taekwondo Coaches

    From Oct. – Dec. 2011, the Public Affairs Section will have Martial Arts clinics for Taekwondo coaches as part of the Cultural Affairs Office’s Sports Diplomacy Program. Almost 10 taekwondo coaches, from various government and private martial arts clubs are already participating in these clinics. The clinics occur weekly at the U.S. Embassy and include three hours of intense training.