Nuri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq, speaks to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Al-Maliki thanked the United States for ousting former dictator Saddam Hussein, and hailed the "new Iraq that is emerging from the ashes of dictatorship." (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi prime minister thanks U.S. for its support
Nuri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq, thanked the United States for ousting former dictator Saddam Hussein and hailed the "new Iraq that is emerging from the ashes of dictatorship." Maliki spoke to a joint session of Congress Wednesday.
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