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Secretary Rice with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, bottom right, UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Ben Lynn Basco, top left, and Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Mousa, at Conference of Neighboring Countries of Iraq, in Kuwait City,  April 22, 2008. ©AP Images.Secretary Rice Travel to Iraq, Kuwait, and Bahrain, April 20-22, 2008
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice traveled to Iraq on April 20 to meet with U.S. embassy and military officials and Iraqi leadership. She then went to Bahrain to participate in an April 21 meeting of foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Egypt and Jordan. She will then go to Kuwait to participate in an Expanded Neighbors of Iraq Ministerial on April 22.  [more on the Secretary's trip]

  
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Intervention Remarks at Expanded Iraq Neighbors Meeting
Secretary Rice (Apr. 22):
"The United States remains committed to fostering a sovereign and democratic and prosperous and unified Iraq, a federal Iraq that is at peace with itself and with its neighbors. And I believe that this expanded neighbors process has emerged as a forum for the international community to address the political, economic and security challenges that face Iraq and the region, as the United States is very grateful for everyone’s participation and, indeed, to be a participant." Full Text

In Focus: Peace in the Middle East

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