>> jim accoosta, it's not the u. role to tell iraqis who should lead the country. they have no confidence in maliki's ability to reach out to the sunnis or kurds awhere arwa damon is and a political solution has got to be the way to move iraq forward and unify iraq. >> that's right, the president blamed much of the violence on iraq on maliki saying the prime minister failed to unite the factions tearing iraq apart but not making u.s. support contingent upon maliki stepping down. u.s. assistance would take place if maliki were to step down. the president put an end to it saying it's not the job of the u.s. to choose iraqi leaders but at the same time during a background call that administration had with reporters with the hide house,