Biden sent on secret mission to Iraq to save US withdrawal plan: report
The White House sent Vice-President Joe Biden on an emergency mission to Iraq last night to avert a political crisis that threatens to derail America’s withdrawal timetable this summer.
Mr Biden will try to pressure Iraqi leaders into reversing a ban on more than 500 candidates in forthcoming elections because…
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