August 19, 2009
Vice President Biden called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki this afternoon to express strong condemnation of recent bombings and U.S. solidarity with Iraq as it contends with violent extremists.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Readout of Vice President Biden's Call with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/321380