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Inevitable. he is stepping aside to move the political process forward. and make way for his replacement. the obama administration has not hid frustrations with maliki's inability to bridge the deep sectarian divisions and stabilize security there. in recent days the president and other top officials made it clear they wanted maliki out. >> we are modestly hopeful that the iraqi government situation is moving in the right direction. >> reporter: maliki's departure came hours after president obama declared the situation in northern iraq greatly improved. >> we broke the isal siege of mt. sinjar...

Of different things we can do. humanitarian ape drops, nonlethal -- aid drops, nonlethal assistance. and we're not doing this with it's the united states against gadhafi. the whole world has essentially spoken already. security council resolutions, the arab league speaking out against gadhafi. the gulf cooperation council. there's no question that it's -- america isn't intervening in some, you know, party dispute between two libyan factions. the world is against gadhafi. his only friend is hugo chavez. this is a moment when the world's greatest superpower has got to be able to take more effect...