04/16/2018
https://www.congress.gov...
"If Maliki had allowed for 10,000 American troops to stay in Iraq ----"
"We need to support him in that effort."
"I do not think there is any doubt in the world that Iran is most important foreign-nation player in Iraq today."
"Unless we can think through and apply the right pressure, especially to the Iranians, on this Iraqi Sadr agenda, that, ultimately, all of our efforts are just not going to bear the long-term fruit tha..."