Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq

Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on Nov. 16, 2022. Susan Walsh/AP Photo
Ross Muscato
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Twenty years after the launch of the U.S.-led coalition invasion of Iraq, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on March 7 to meet with the nation’s prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

Austin is on a multi-day tour of the Middle East during which he will meet with the leaders of nations that are allied with the United States.