Secretary Travels to Iraq

Name Locale Remarks Date
John Foster Dulles Baghdad Met with Prime Minister Madfai and senior Iraqi officials. May 17-​18, 1953
Colin Luther Powell Baghdad, Halabja Met with U.S. military and civilian authorities and with the Iraqi Governing Council; also met with Kurdish leaders in Halabja. September 14-​15, 2003
Colin Luther Powell Baghdad Met with members of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council. March 19, 2004
Colin Luther Powell Baghdad Met with President Yawer and Deputy Prime Minister Salih. Returned to Kuwait afterwards. July 30, 2004
Condoleezza Rice Irbil, Baghdad Met with Kurdish political leaders, and with U.S. and Iraqi officials. May 15, 2005
Condoleezza Rice Mosul, Baghdad Met with Prime Minster Jafari and with Iraqi political leaders. November 11, 2005
Condoleezza Rice Baghdad Travelled with British Foreign Secretary Straw and met with Iraqi political leaders. April 2-​3, 2006
Condoleezza Rice Baghdad Met with Prime Minister-designate al-Maliki and with Iraqi political leaders. April 26-​27, 2006
Condoleezza Rice Baghdad, Irbil Met with Prime Minster al-Maliki and with Kurdish Regional President Barzani. October 5-​6, 2006
Condoleezza Rice Baghdad Met with Prime Minister al-Maliki and addressed U.S. Mission personnel. February 17, 2007
Condoleezza Rice Kirkuk, Baghdad Met with members of a civil-military reconstruction team and local politicians in Kirkuk and with the UN Special Representative and with Iraqi political leaders in Baghdad. December 18, 2007
Condoleezza Rice Baghdad Met with Prime Minister al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Zebari. January 15, 2008
Condoleezza Rice Baghdad Met with U.S. Embassy and military personnel and with Iraqi political leaders. April 20, 2008
Condoleezza Rice Baghdad Discussed strategic framework agreement with Iraqi officials. August 21, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton Baghdad Met with President Talebani, Prime Minister al-Maliki and senior officials. Visited U.S. military personnel, a Provincial Reconstruction Team, and attended a town meeting. April 25, 2009