Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq
Vice President Dick Cheney, taking a look for himself at the country he once predicted would greet Americans as liberators, made a surprise visit to Iraq on Sunday, and proclaimed that last week’s election showed tangible progress toward a stable democracy.
After arriving in Baghdad amid great secrecy on Sunday morning, Mr. Cheney hopscotched around Iraq under intense security for nine hours. He got a briefing from the senior American officials in Baghdad, met with Iraq’s leaders, got a firsthand look at newly trained Iraqi forces and spoke to United States military personnel.
It was Mr. Cheney’s first trip to Iraq as vice president, and upon touching down here, he became the highest ranking American official to visit the country since President Bush’s stop here on Thanksgiving 2003. As defense secretary, Mr. Cheney had traveled to southern Iraq immediately after the Gulf War in 1991.
Source: NY Times
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