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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 25 > U.S. widens visa program for employees from Iraq

U.S. widens visa program for employees from Iraq

By Alissa J. Rubin / The Bulletin
July 25, 2008

BAGHDAD — The American Embassy in Baghdad announced Thursday that it had expanded by 10 times its program to help Iraqi employees of the U.S. government here, who faced threats for their work, to obtain visas and ultimately citizenship in the United States.

Although the program became....

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