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>> we were encouraged by the work that the prime minister maliki has done in the past to ensure that all people inside of iraq sunni, shiite and kurd feel they have a voice in their government. >> reporter: last week, maliki was still preaching unity. >> translator: we must stand as one united front. our insistence and will must never waiver when it comes to expelling criminals. >> reporter: yet it was maliki who may have prevented the united states from keeping troops in iraq to help build a true do mac see. >> he made it difficult for the united states to retain troops in iraq but again, the...

Let's move on to after more than a decade of war president obama is preparing to make a very important speech outlining a new approach on foreign policy. he's come under fire for perceived passive approach from critics called as passive approach in dealing with international dilemmas, russia, syria, the global terror threat. he's making the address during west point's graduation ceremony this morning. he outlined plans for a major drawdown of troops in afghanistan. cnn's michelle kosinski has this. >> one day after the president laid out his plan for what he called a way forward in afric afgha...

Syria with the arms that they are providing with the soldiers that are fighting for them with their armies? that's not true. >> let me bring us a little bit broader, danielle and van talked a little bit about the obama doctrine. i'd like to know what that is. because, as i see it, we've sent a lot of mixed messages here. we've stayed out of syria, but we went into libya, we even had boots on the ground in uganda. we trust people like putin, assad and rouhani but we withdraw troop and send in drones. what is the obama foreign policy that you're proud of and that you rightly criticize? what is i...

Security, and medicare. the two most successful anti-poverty programs in history. at a time when people say we have too much inequality, the notion you would increase in equality is nuts, and further -- look, i had some unhappiness when i read about chuck hagel's remarks from 14 years ago, which i didn't remember, but now the question is he's a man who is going to help us withdraw from afghanistan and reduce the military. i'm very encouraged by that. my one criticism of the president was he wasn't going far enough in reducing the military. i think people now understand that it's either keeping...

Prepared having just done what i have done to do this. it's not that i'd be the best interim senator ever. just that in these particular circumstances with very complex issues as kind of a continuation, i'm there, and i believe it's very important for us to go after them, for example, on this phony, irresponsible issue on the debt limit and do defense, social security, and medicare. the two most successful anti-poverty programs in history. at a time when people say we have too much inequality, the notion you would increase in equality is nuts, and further -- look, i had some unhappiness when i...