Obama to discuss Iraq in Pentagon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will discuss Iraq and Afghanistan with U.S. defense officials at the Pentagon on Wednesday, part of ongoing talks with military leaders before making final troop deployment decisions, the White House said on Tuesday.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama had initiated a process of defining a new mission in Iraq the day after he took office last week. The new U.S. president has called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months.
"That process that started at the beginning of this administration continues tomorrow at the Pentagon," he said. "I think they'll talk about a number of issues and obviously one of them will be Iraq and Afghanistan."