Obama Departs Iraq, Headed For Washington
BAGHDAD (AP) – President Barack Obama is heading back to Washington.
Air Force One with the president aboard left Baghdad Tuesday afternoon.
Obama spent under five hours in the Iraq war zone, his first visit there as president.
He met with the top U.S. commander there and with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Obama addressed hundreds of U.S. troops stationed at Camp Victory, the largest U.S. military facility in the country.
The unannounced visit to Baghdad capped an eight-day international trip in which Obama traveled to Britain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Turkey.
The president is due back in Washington late Tuesday night.
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