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Mon 01 Jan 2009Thank you, Ireland, for a wonderful stay. Keep doing what you are doing
Tomorrow, as Barack Obama takes the oath of office, the US ambassador Thomas Foley will take his leave of Ireland. These are his parting thoughts.
MOST THINGS about my two years and three months in Ireland have been fabulous, but I do have a complaint which I have been hesitant to discuss until now. I will get to it in a moment. Before arriving in Ireland, I set a goal for my stay here. I set it low so I would have a good chance of succeeding. The goal was under no circumstances to allow war to break out between Ireland and the United States on my watch. With only one day to go, it looks as if I will succeed, surprising most of my best friends at home.
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