Iraqi President Talabani attends a news conference with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Richard Myers in Baghdad. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) attends a news conference with U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Richard Myers in the heavily fortified Green Zone area in Baghdad August 17, 2005. General Myers expressed his optimism that the draft of Iraq's new constitution will be finished by the August 22 deadline. REUTERS/Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool