CNN REPORTS: CHENEY MAKES SURPRISE VISIT TO IRAQ

Vice President Dick Cheney has made an unannounced visit to Iraq where he is expected to meeting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Cheney's visit comes one day after Sen. John McCain, Sen. Joe Lieberman and Sen. Lindsay Graham all visited Baghdad.

(Editor's comment: The PSD (Personal Security Detail) will be bumping into each other trying to protect all the visiting VIPs from Washington. One wonders how much all the extra security will cost and how much money will be spent on gasoline for choppers flying overhead and Humvees prowling the streets just to make sure nobody takes a potshot at Cheney.)

Cheney makes unannounced visit to Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/17/cheney.iraq/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad on Monday on an unannounced visit, the Iraqi prime minister's office said.

Cheney plans to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister's office said.

Cheney began a trip to the Middle East on Sunday with an official itinerary that listed stops in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel and the West Bank, according to the White House.