White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney, December 12, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011 – 10:52 A.M. EST

MR. CARNEY:  As you know, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki is here to meet with the President.  You will be seeing them both fairly soon. 

And if I could just note, this is a momentous visit because, as you know, the Iraq war — a war that we’ve been engaged in for 8 and a half years — is over.  And after eight and a half years of…