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The Other Press Conference: Obama-Maliki

July 24, 2009 – 8:13 am

The big health care presser wasn’t the only press conference President Obama held Wednesday. Earlier in the day he held a joint press conference in the Rose Garden with Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki of Iraq.
It was brief – just one question on each side – but each leader said something important.
President Obama continued his [...]

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Why So Quiet on Iraq?

February 5, 2009 – 6:22 pm

Maybe I’m just used to hearing President Bush talk about Iraq all the time, but it seems like President Obama has been awfully quiet about Iraq’s provincial elections.
To recap, on Saturday Iraq undertook what have to be considered spectacularly violence-free elections for provincial councils across the country. Prime Minister Maliki, once written off by Washington [...]

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