New U.S. Embassy Begun
<i> Associated Press</i>
KUWAIT CITY —
U.S. Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm Jr. drove a gilded shovel into the desert sand Monday to mark the start of construction of a new U.S. Embassy. It is being donated by Kuwait in gratitude for the U.S.-led military campaign that liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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