Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman Holds a News Briefing

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Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman Holds a News Briefing

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN HOLDS A NEWS BRIEFING, AS RELEASED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

SPEAKER: ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN [*] STAFF: I'd like to introduce Assistant Secretary Feltman, who I'm sure you all know. He's here to give a readout on the Secretary's meeting with Iraqi President Talabani and also to preview the GCC meeting.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FELTMAN: Hi. Good morning, everybody. This is my first experience as UN General Assembly and I sort of feel like I'm doing the diplomatic equivalent of speed dating.

(Laughter.)

There have been a number of meetings that you guys have been following, but I was asked specifically to talk today - before we open it up for questions - about the Secretary's meeting last night with President Talabani.

The Secretary met last night with Iraqi President Talabani, who was accompanied by his Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, as well as other officials. They discussed a number of issues...

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