Tuesday, July 31, 2007

What It Takes to Run an Embassy in a War Zone

Not that you asked, but here are all the agencies/sections/offices (not including DoD/MNF-I) housed in the US Embassy-Baghdad, which is currently the largest American embassy in the world. All of my non-DoD work concerns agencies/officials under the Office of the Rule of Law Coordinator.

Consular Affairs

Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq
Economic Affairs
Energy Attaché
Foreign Agriculture Service
Foreign Commercial Service
Health Attaché
ITAO
Transportation Attaché
Treasury Attaché
U.S. Agency for International Development
WMD Redirect Program

Executive Office
Secretariat
Legislative Affairs
Protocol
Language Services

Joint Strategic Planning & Assessment (JSPA)

Legal Adviser

Management
Cashier
Facilities Maintenance
Financial Management
General Services Office
GSO – Sully Compound
Health Unit
Human Resources
Information Resource Management
KBR
NEC Transition Team

Political
Legal Framework and Legislation

Political-Military
Hostage Affairs

Office of Provincial Affairs
PRTs – one entry addressing all of our PRTs
ePRTs – one entry addressing all of our ePRTs
REO Basra
REO Hillah

Public Affairs
Press Office
Cultural Affairs Office

Regional Security Office
Counter Measures
High Threat
Investigations
Logistics
Embassy Transition Team
Tactical Operations Center
MSG Detachment
Engineering Security Office

Office of the Rule of Law Coordinator
Office of Accountability and Transparency
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Drug Enforcement Administration
Homeland Security Attaché
International Criminal Investigative Training and Assistance Program (ICITAP)
International Narcotics & Law Enforcement
Justice Attaché
Legal Attaché/FBI
Major Crimes Task Force
OPDAT
Regime Crimes Liaison Office
Office of the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Justice
Office of the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Interior
U.S. Marshals Service

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

USAID Regional Inspector General

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