U.S. Secretary Of Defense Panetta Lands In Iraq To Discuss Attacks, Exit

BAGHDAD ARRIVAL - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta returns a salute by U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, as he arrives in Baghdad, July 10, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

Panetta To Push Iraq On US Military Presence -- Al Jazeera

Defence secretary's first visit comes as a new diplomatic push is made with the opening of a consulate in Irbil.

After arriving in Iraq on his first trip there as US defence secretary, Leon Panetta has said he will press his hosts on the fate of American military presence.

His unannounced arrival on Sunday came as a new diplomatic push was being made with the opening of another US consulate, in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.

The US embassy in Baghdad - already the world's largest - has been expanding as the US transitions from a military to a civilian-led mission in Iraq.

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