In this handout made available by the Iraqi Presidential offices on April 27 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) at the latter's offices in Baghdad on April 26, 2009. Maliki said a US raid in which a policeman and a woman were shot dead was a "breach" of a landmark security pact with Washington. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

In this handout made available by the Iraqi Presidential offices on April 27 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) at the latter's offices in Baghdad on April 26, 2009. Maliki said a US raid in which a policeman and a woman were shot dead was a "breach" of a landmark security pact with Washington.

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  9. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani poses for a photograph at the 64th General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters on September 23, 2009 in New York City. Over 120 heads of state will converge in New York for the 64th session of the United Nations' General Assembly over the next seven days.
  10. US Vice President Joe Biden (L) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Arbil on September 17, 2009. Biden held talks in the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil to push Iraqi leaders for progress on stalled legislation ahead of parliamentary elections in January.
  11. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at the Presidential Council Office in Baghdad December 10, 2009. Secretary Gates stopped in Iraq following a two day trip to Afghanistan one week after U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Gates will face questioning next week from lawmakers who control government spending about the cost of the Obama administration's surge of troops into Afghanistan, congressional aides said on Thursday. Picture taken December 10, 2009.
  12. In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 photo released by the Iraqi Government, President Jalal Talabani, center right, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center left, in Baghdad.
  13. In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 photo released by the Iraqi Government President Jalal Talabani, right, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, in Baghdad.
  14. Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R) receives U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in Baghdad December 10, 2009.
  15. Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates during their meeting in Baghdad December 10, 2009.
  16. Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (centre R) receives U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in Baghdad December 10, 2009.

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