US Vice President Biden visits Iraq

US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Iraq to visit US soldiers. This comes two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns.

US Vice President Joe Biden, pictured in May 2009, was visiting  Baghdad Thursday in a surprise trip just days after US forces  completed their pullout from Iraqi cities, the White House said. (AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

Biden arrived in Baghdad on Thursday as violence flared for another day in the Iraqi capital. During his flight, Biden said President Obama wants to focus on the implementation of his administration's plan to draw down troops in Iraq. It also aims to focus on the second piece of that plan concerning a combination of a political settlement among all the factions in the country.

The White House said Biden will oversee the administration's Iraq policy and work with the Iraqi government to overcome their political differences and achieve reconciliation.