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Pompeo makes surprise visit to Iraq

By Caitlin Yilek
Published May 7, 2019 10:18pm ET
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Pompeo makes surprise visit to Iraq
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters in flight early on May 8, 2019, after a previously unannounced trip to Baghdad. | (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise trip to Iraq on Tuesday amid increasing tensions with Iran.

Pompeo was scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin Tuesday, but the meeting was postponed due to “pressing issues,” the State Department said.

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