In this image released by the US Department of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen greets Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. The top military officer says Iraq's indecision on whether to ask American troops to stay beyond the end of the year is pushing the close to the point where a smooth withdrawal will be jeopardized. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the has to know what the Iraqi government wants. He arrived in Iraq Monday. (AP Photo/MC1 Chad J. McNeeley - US Department of Defe

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In this image released by the US Department of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen greets Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. The top military officer says Iraq's indecision on whether to ask American troops to stay beyond the end of the year is pushing the close to the point where a smooth withdrawal will be jeopardized. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the has to know what the Iraqi government wants. He arrived in Iraq Monday. (AP Photo/MC1 Chad J. McNeeley - US Department of Defense) Mideast Iraq Mullen by United States Forces - Iraq (Inactive)

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