Former Iraq ambassador meets with Viking students

Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq from March of 2007 to February of 2009 hosted a private meeting for students of the Garfield-Palouse High School’s senior Current World Issues class after his presentation at the University of Idaho’s SUB Ballroom.

The students also attended his lecture, “Lessons from a Long War: Conflict and Engagement in the Broader Middle East.” Crocker, who calls Spokane his hometown, was a career senior diplomat and had also served as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen.

After his lecture Crocker met with the Gar-Pal students and their instructor, Dennis...