WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 12: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office at the White House December 12, 2011 in Washington, DC. Al-Maliki is in Washington for talks ahead of the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of this month. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
