Updated: Dec. 13, 2011 at 8:14 AM

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

President Barack Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2011.

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

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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

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

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