Iraq's prime minister has told the top U.S. military officer that Iraqi forces are able to maintain safekeeping in their own country, as discussions intensify larger than whether to keep any U.S. forces in Iraq past this year.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made the remark during a late Thursday meeting with Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. combined Chiefs of Staff. Mullen’s visit comes as U.S. and Iraqi officials are trying to decide what, if any, U.S. troop presence be supposed to remain in Iraq subsequent to the end of this year.An agreement between both countries stipulates that all American forces are to leave by Dec. 31.
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