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Bush Meets with U.S., Iraqi Officials in Basra

NPR | By Don Gonyea,
Alex Chadwick
Published September 3, 2007 at 1:00 PM EDT

On his way to a meeting in Australia, President Bush made an unexpected side trip to Iraq.

There, he met with Army Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, along with senior Iraqi politicians, to get a firsthand report on the region ahead of the debate in Congress.

Also traveling with the president were Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

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Don Gonyea
Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.