BAGHDAD: Iraqi leader to meet with Obama for talks

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki flew to Washington on Sunday for talks with President Barack Obama aimed at cementing a new, postwar era in U.S.-Iraqi relations.

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Published: 12/12/11 12:05 am

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki flew to Washington on Sunday for talks with President Barack Obama aimed at cementing a new, postwar era in U.S.-Iraqi relations.

The visit kicks off a week in which the administration will trumpet the imminent end of the war, and the fulfillment of Obama’s election pledge to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq. With only 6,000 troops left in the country on Sunday, the Iraq war already is effectively over.

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