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Why did President Obama Fly to Iraq?

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Nirel

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12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

All presidents go on diplomatic missions, to meet the leaders of a country or engage in policy discussion. In this case, in 2009, he visited Iraq to meet and thank the troops and tell them they would soon be coming home.

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