President Barack Obama speaks to U.S. troops in the elaborate former Baghdad palace now known as Camp Victory in Baghdad. Obama landed in Baghdad a day after some of the year’s worst violence this year in the Iraqi capital.
An Iraqi policeman stands guard during a funeral procession for Haidar Tareq Sami, 25, killed Monday along with his wife and infant son in a car bomb attack in Baghdad. They were among 37 victims of bombings across the city.