Admiral Mullen Addresses Media in Baghdad

Photo By Sgt. Timothy Popp | Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addresses members of the media at the Combined Press Information Center at FOB Prosperity in Baghdad Dec. 18 to address the main elements involved with the transition and upcoming elections.  

IRAQ

12.19.2009

Story by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey-Haftmann 

318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

Story by: 1st Lt. Olivia Cobiskey

Hosted at the CPIC by Soldiers of the 318th Public Affairs Operations Center, Mullen arrived in Iraq Friday and told reporters he is confident that Iraq will hold elections on March 7. The election, originally scheduled for January, was postponed after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki vetoed the Election Law.

Visiting U.S. forces in Basra and Talil before coming to Baghdad, Mullen said he was confident the U.S. drawdown will begin on schedule and be completed by December 2011.

• Date Taken: 12.19.2009
• Date Posted: 12.19.2009 04:03
• Story ID: 42948
• Location: IQ