President Obama, First Lady Michelle and the Presidential Posse are said to have stopped off unannounced into the still dangerous war zone, Iraq.
Per www.huffingtonpost.com,
Iraqis "need to take responsibility for their own country," Obama told hundreds of cheering soldiers gathered in an ornate, marble palace near Saddam Hussein's former seat of power. You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement," he told some 600 troops, saluting their efforts during six years of American fighting and losses. "We love you," someone yelled from the crowd of photo-snapping men and women in uniform. "I love you back," responded the president, repeating a sequence that played out at hundreds of campaign stops on his successful run for the White House last year. Obama flew from Turkey, the next-to-last stop on an eight-day itinerary that also included Britain, France, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Article in the Trunk: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/obamas-iraq-visit-makes-s_n_183968.html
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