WASHINGTON, DC- During a trip to the Middle East, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, met with Vice President Biden at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to discuss the security situation in the country as well as the ongoing negotiations over the Iraqi government formation. He later met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi, the heads of the leading blocs. Earlier in the day, he traveled to a U.S. military base in Salah ad Din to discuss political and security developments in the Kurdish region of the country, where he met with U.S. troops, including Captain Philip Balliet from Allentown.
Pictures of Senator Casey’s trip can be found by following these links:
http://casey.senate.gov/imo/media/image/20100705_Casey_Iyad_Allawi_Iraq.JPG
http://casey.senate.gov/imo/media/image/20100705_Casey_Kaufman_Biden_Baghdad.JPG
http://casey.senate.gov/imo/media/image/20100705_Casey_Biden_Baghdad.JPG
http://casey.senate.gov/imo/media/image/20100705_Casey_Balliet_Iraq.JPG
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