Tuesday, November 29, 2011

U.S. Vice President Biden Makes A Surprise Visit To Iraq

Vice President Biden during his first visit to Iraq as vice president in July 2009. Getty Images

Biden Visits Iraq To Thank Troops And Reshape Relations -- New York Times

BAGHDAD — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived here on Tuesday aiming to inaugurate a new relationship between the United States and Iraq, after nearly a decade of war.

Coming just a few weeks before the last American combat troops are to scheduled to leave the country, Mr. Biden’s unannounced trip is laden with symbolism — a farewell to arms, but also a call for two countries linked by blood to begin dealing with one other in the normal language of diplomacy.

Read more ....

More News On U.S. Vice President Biden's Surprise Visit To Iraq

Biden Lands in Iraq to Mark U.S. Pullout -- Wall Street Journal
Biden swoops into Iraq as U.S. troop pullout nears -- Reuters
Biden makes surprise visit to Iraq -- CNN
US vice president on surprise Iraq visit -- AFP
Biden in Iraq to tout troop withdrawal -- USA Today
Vice President Joe Biden in Iraq for talks as US military presence winds down -- Washington Post
Biden Arrives in Iraq as U.S. Deadline Nears -- Bloomberg

No comments: