Obama: new Iraq government advances national unity
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday congratulated Iraq's leaders on their formation of a new government and called it "a major step forward in advancing national unity".
"Their decision to form an inclusive partnership government is a clear rejection of the efforts by extremists to spur sectarian division," Obama said in a statement.
(Reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by Steve Holland)
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