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Published 2/6/2009 by By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK LANDLER at NYT > Politics
Gen. Anthony C. Zinni said the Obama administration originally tapped him to be the United States ambassador to Iraq, but withdrew the offer without explanation. >
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