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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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LONDON | Wed Apr 1, 2009 1:58pm EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his new government Wednesday, telling him he hopes to work with him on Arab-Israeli peace efforts, the White House said.

Obama, in London for a G20 summit, reaffirmed his administration's "steadfast commitment" to Israeli security, the White House said. "The president said he looked forward to working closely with Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government to address issues of mutual concern, including Iran and Arab-Israeli peace."

The congratulatory call came amid controversy stirred when Israel's new ultranationalist foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said Netanyahu's right-leaning government would not be bound by U.S.-backed understandings on a Palestinian state reached in 2007.

( Editing by Charles Dick)
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