Obama Pays Surprise Visit to Iraq

U.S. President Barack Obama visits Camp Victory in Baghdad, April 7, 2009.
[Photo: Xinhua/AFP]
U.S. President Barack Obama paid a four-hour surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday, during which he told the U.S. troops to make sure Iraq is stable before their withdrawal and said the Iraqis need to take responsibility for their own country.
During his short visit to Iraq, his first since he took office three months ago, Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and inspected Camp Victory, the U.S. military base on the outskirts of Baghdad...