Summary Biden will speak at the National Defense University in Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) - United States Vice President Joe Biden is planning to give a major speech Thursday about the progress that s been made to strengthen Iraq s government and beleaguered military.
Biden will speak at the National Defense University in Washington. That s the same place where President Barack Obama in 2013 laid out his counterterrorism strategy.
The White House says Biden s speech will address the ongoing challenge to defeat the Islamic State group in Iraq and to build a more inclusive government. The address comes the week before Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is to meet with Obama in Washington.
Biden was Obama s point man on Iraq earlier in the administration. His speech comes amid growing concern in the U.S. and abroad about Iran s heavy involvement in the Iraqi fight against Islamic State militants.
