Joe Biden in Iraq for US mission change ceremony US Vice President Joe Biden is making an unannounced visit to Iraq ahead of the

US Vice President Joe Biden is making an unannounced visit to Iraq ahead of the official end of the US combat mission there at midnight on Tuesday, reports BBC News.

Mr Biden reassured Iraqis, saying: "They're going to be just fine." The vice president will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.

Officials say Mr Biden will push for an end to the political deadlock that has taken hold in Iraq after the 7 March elections resulted in no clear winner.

More than five months later, a new government has yet to form. Insurgent attacks have spiked as the political situation founders.
The official purpose of Mr Biden's visit is to represent the Obama administration at Wednesday's "Change of Command and Change of Mission" ceremony, nearly seven and a half years after the invasion in March 2003.