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The Greatest Secretary of State Ever graces Iraq with a surprise visit, Baghdad, Iraq, 21 August, 2008.

With Condoleezza Rice is:
 * U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker (left)
 * and Iraq's national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie (right)

(C) accompanied by Iraq's national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie (R) and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, leaves after a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (not in the picture) in Baghdad August 21, 2008.

The United States and Iraq are close to a deal extending the presence of U.S. troops beyond 2008, but any timetable for their withdrawal must be "feasible", Rice said on Thursday.

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