* Joe Biden’s seventh visit to Baghdad confirmed the U.S. commitment to security pact

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FEBRUARY 3RD, 2011 09:51 AM ·

Palm – The Joe Biden U.S. vice president to Baghdad to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to the White House announced the visit, which was not announced in advance.

In addition to al-Maliki, will meet Biden, former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and this is the seventh visit by U.S. Vice President in charge of Iraq’s President Barack Obama to follow up this file since he took office in January 2009.

The visit comes at a time also provides a security agreement to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq before the end of the year 2011, but officials from both countries calling for the survival of a small U.S. force in order to provide air support and military assistance.

Stationed about 50 thousand U.S. troops currently in Iraq under the power of advice and assistance with Iraqi forces gradually Operations Command, and in the end of November, Biden called for continued U.S. commitment in Iraq, adding that the country still faces major challenges.

The Biden yesterday, Wednesday, to visit for a day and one to Pakistan to ask the authorities in Islamabad to do more efforts to hunt down the Islamist rebels on its territory.

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I wonder what this visit will be about. I do like the list of people he'll be meeting with...seems to be all the key players in finally putting things to rest.

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Uh oh, now they've done it! Being sent to the principal's office. Or in this case, the principal is coming to them. I wonder if spanking is allowed as punishment in Iraq?

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Site just changed and said it was a error, biden is not going!!!!

This post can b locked... Dont know how to do it...