VP heads to Washington to meet Obama

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi has flown to Washington to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama, an official statement said on Monday. “The visit comes in response to an invitation from the White House…,” according to a statement released by the presidential media office and received by IraqiNews.com news agency. On Sunday (Jan. 10), Abdulmahdi met with the Bahraini minister of education, Majid al-Nueimi, at Bahrain International Airport on his way to Washington, the statement added. SS (P) 2