Biden in surprise Iraq trip
Vice President Joe Biden arrived on a surprise visit to Iraq late Tuesday in a trip designed to chart a new relationship between the two countries after all American forces have left the country in just over a month. After nearly nine years of war, the U.S. now must navigate a future without American troops […]Rebecca Santana reports for The Associated Press:
Vice President Joe Biden arrived on a surprise visit to Iraq late Tuesday in a trip designed to chart a new relationship between the two countries after all American forces have left the country in just over a month.
After nearly nine years of war, the U.S. now must navigate a future without American troops in Iraq. But Iraq's vast oil resources, the massive U.S. Embassy presence here and Iraq's strategic location in the Middle East — next to Iran — ensure American interest will remain high in Iraq even after the troops are gone.
