Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Mara Karlin speaks with Qassem Al-Araji, Iraq National Security Advisor; Staff General al-Shimary, Deputy Commander of the Joint Operations Center – Iraq and a military delegation from the Government of Iraq for the next iteration of the U.S.-Iraq Military Technical Talks, as part of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 22, 2021, while she was serving as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)
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