Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki (15 images)

President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on December 12, 2011. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool

President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on December 12, 2011. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool

President Barack Obama embraces Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a joint press conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on December 12, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on December 12, 2011. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool