Iraq tells Biden healing divisions is internal matter

Vice President Joseph Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other U.S. troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected Biden's earlier offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair. By KIM GAMEL The Associated Press BAGHDAD — Vice President Joseph Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other U.S. troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected Biden's earlier offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair. Biden took a break from politics and presided over a naturalization ceremony for 237 U.S. troops from 59 countries in a marble rotunda at one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces at what is now Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the outskirts of Baghdad. He then had... [read full story]                    

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