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Article: Remarks Following Discussions With Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq in New York City
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- October 1, 2007
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September 25, 2007
President Bush. Mr. Prime Minister, it's good to see you again. We generally meet via TV screens-[laughter]-and now it's good to see you in person. And I appreciate your delegation coming. You brought a very distinguished delegation-Ministers in this Government, the Foreign Minister, the Speaker of the Assembly is with us today-Mr. Speaker, thank you.
We talked about a lot of issues and spent time talking about reconciliation and law. And the Prime Minister and the Speaker are dedicated to getting good law out of the Assembly. And the political parties in Iraq must understand the importance of getting these laws passed. Some politicians may be trying to block the law to ...