IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AHMED CHALABI
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi speaks at an American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington on November 9, 2005. Chalabi is on an eight day trip to the United States. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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