Title: Secretary Carter Makes Unannounced Stop in Iraq
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/carter_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Secretary Carter Makes Unannounced Stop in Iraq' data-article-id='647'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7354'>U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made an unannounced visit Thursday to Baghdad, Iraq.</span> <span data-start-time='7354' data-end-time='17625'>The American defense chief praised Iraqi counterterrorism troops, as he watched them carry out exercises at a firing range.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='17625' data-end-time='30625'>Mr. Carter also was to meet with top Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the country's defense minister, as well as U.S. commanders.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/carter_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3467 data-hint-location='7354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/what_does_praise_mean.m4a'>What does praise mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='express warm approval of'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/a_meeting.m4a'><span>a meeting</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/to_refuse.m4a'><span>to refuse</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/express_warm_approval_of.m4a'><span>express warm approval of</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3468 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/what_country_did_carter_visit.m4a'>What country did Carter visit?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Iraq'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/iraq.m4a'><span>Iraq</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/cambodia.m4a'><span>Cambodia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/kenya.m4a'><span>Kenya</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/el_salvador.m4a'><span>El Salvador</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3469 data-hint-location='7354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/the_american_defense_chief_praised_iraqi__blank__troops.m4a'>The American defense chief praised Iraqi <span class='blank'>counterterrorism</span> troops.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='counterterrorism'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/terror.m4a'><span>terror</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/counterterrorism.m4a'><span>counterterrorism</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/volunteer.m4a'><span>volunteer</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/328/trained.m4a'><span>trained</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made an unannounced visit Thursday to Baghdad, Iraq. The American defense chief praised Iraqi counterterrorism troops, as he watched them carry out exercises at a firing range.
Mr. Carter also was to meet with top Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the country's defense minister, as well as U.S. commanders.
