WORLD IN BRIEF : LEBANON : New U.S. Envoy Takes Beirut Post
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The new U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Ryan Crocker, presented his credentials to President Elias Hrawi after reopening the U.S. Embassy, which was evacuated 15 months ago during fierce fighting. The decision to send in Crocker, 51, despite the still tenuous security situation reflects U.S. support for Hrawi’s government, which is trying to end 15 years of civil war.
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