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FACTBOX-Secrecy surrounds Bush's Iraq visits
03 Sep 2007 14:11:11 GMT
Source: Reuters
Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush landed in Iraq on Monday for a surprise visit along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Steven Hadley, the White House said.

Here is a list of Bush's earlier visits to Iraq:

Nov 27, 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush flies on Air Force One secretly into Iraq and helps serve Thanksgiving lunch to around 600 soldiers at Baghdad International Airport, also seen as a way to dispelling an impression of low morale among U.S. troops in Iraq.

June 13, 2006 - Bush, in the middle of a special meeting on progress in Iraq at the Camp David presidential retreat, abruptly leaves many of his cabinet secretaries and flies overnight halfway around the world to Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was told about the trip only five minutes before meeting him.

Sept 3, 2007 - Bush lands in Iraq for a surprise visit along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Steven Hadley. Slipping out of the White House on the Labor Day holiday weekend, Bush flies secretly to a heavily guarded desert air base for talks with Maliki and briefings by top U.S. officials.

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