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WASHINGTON — The head of the State Department’s embassy-building operation, responsible for the troubled $740 million new embassy in Baghdad, announced Wednesday that he’s stepping down.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Charles Williams is the third senior State Department official to depart amid failures in managing the burgeoning U.S. diplomatic presence in Iraq.
Williams promised in July that the 104-acre Baghdad embassy complex would open on schedule and on budget in September. Instead, the embassy is riddled with problems and is unlikely to open until well into next year.
