Biden confuses Iraq and Iran in foreign policy speech

Published January 7, 2020 7:43pm ET



Joe Biden mixed up Iraq and Iran during a major foreign policy speech he gave in New York meant to be a rebuke of President Trump ordering an airstrike on Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani.

“Iran’s parliament, Iran’s parliament voted to eject all Americans and coalition forces from the country,” Biden said Tuesday during the speech. The comment comes two days after the Iraqi parliament voted to expel U.S. troops, not Iran’s parliament.

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