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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 241-12
April 05, 2012

Readout from Secretary Panetta's Meeting with Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government President Barzani

            Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs George Little provided the following readout: 

            “Secretary Panetta met with Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani today to discuss issues of mutual interest.  This was the second time Secretary Panetta met with President Barzani as secretary of defense.  The first occurred in Irbil on Secretary Panetta's first international trip in July, 2011.”