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Earlier this week, that u.s. assistance would only take place if maliki were to step down. the president put an end to that today saying it's not the job of the u.s. to choose iraqi leaders. but at the same time a call that the administration had with reporters at the white house, senior administration officials were making it pretty darn clear that they don't mind if nuri al maliki leaves the scene so long as it's part of the iraqi constitutional process, anderson. >> and jim sciutto, it seems clear that the white house believes there is some time, that the huge forward momentum that isis and...

Trillion dollars. we had 4700 americans die and over 50,000 americans seriously wounded in order to try to effect change in iraq. and it didn't work. so we have to be very careful about thinking we can effect change. that having been said, we should try in limited ways through intelligence means, through diplomatic means, maybe through very limited use of our military. we really have to understand what our essential interests are. and they're not to bring democracy to iraq. they're not to have iraq be some nice functioning government. >> in a recent interview, you laid the blame for the curren...

Elections, you remember his alliance won the most votes. under iraq's constitution, he must now form a new government. publicly the white house hasn't said that maliki should absolutely resign. they say it's up to the iraqi people, though they have been critical of his divisive policies. some u.s. lawmakers are saying point-blank he's got to go. cnn's international reporter christiane amanpour joins me along with he covered iraq for a lot of years for "time" magazine. christiane, listening to the president, there seems to be no support for nuri al maliki at this point by the white house. and c...

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