Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, arrived in Iraq on Monday with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's minister of defense, and US military officials.
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Photos: Jared Kushner goes to Iraq
Jared Kushner arrived in Iraq on Monday on a trip with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford to meet with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Iraq's minister of defense.
Kushner and Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend share a laugh in a helicopter above Baghdad.
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The administration has been accused of breaching standard practice by sending Kushner as the first senior Trump official to visit Iraq, rather than the secretary of state or the national security adviser.
The White House also faced criticism after it announced that Kushner was in Iraq while he was still en route, creating a potential security risk.
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