US President Joe Biden (right) speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the White House in Washington, DC, July 26, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP)
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center left, greets US President Joe Biden, center right, during a plenary session during a summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 2021. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AP)
Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Alex Edelman)
Masoud Barzani, former president of the Kurdistan Region (right), shakes hands with then-US Vice President Joe Biden in Erbil, April 28, 2016. (Photo: Archive)
US President Joe Biden signs a series of orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Jim Watson)
Then-CENTCOM Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III conducts a media briefing on Operation Inherent Resolve at the Pentagon in Washingon, DC, Oct. 17, 2014. (Photo: AFP/Paul J. Richards)
