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Barack Obama: it's not the job of the U.S. to choose Iraqi leaders but at the same time during a background call that the…

On the recordJune 18, 2014
it's not the job of the U.S. to choose Iraqi leaders but at the same time during a background call that the administration had with reporters here at the White House, senior administration officials were making it pretty darn clear that they don't mind if Nouri al-Maliki leaves the scene so long as it's part of the Iraqi constitutional process
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasized that the U.S. does not want to dictate Iraqi leadership but is open to changes in leadership through constitutional means.

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