U.S. ENERGY DEPARTMENT SECRETARY HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH IRAQI MINISTERS OF OIL AND ELECTRICITY
Iraqi Minister of Oil Hussein al-Shahristani answers reporters' questions at a joint press conference with the U.S. Energy Department Secretary at the Energy Department in Washington on July 26, 2006. The bureaucrats spoke of reestablishing Iraq's crude oil production to prewar levels and of establishing strategic partnerships between the two countries' energy sectors. (UPI Photos/Eduardo Sverdlin)
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