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The world expects them to help Iraq. We've made that very clear to them. Let me talk about Iranian issue. We've got a lot of issues with Iran. First is whether or not they will help this young democracy succeed. The second issue of course is whether or not they will help the Lebanese democracy succeed. The S government which is a priority of this government is to help that / governemnt. The big issue right now is whether or not Iran will end up the nuclear weapon. So our issues with Iran are many. And our position is very clear to the Iranians. There is a better way forward for the government and the people than to be isolated. And we will continue to work to make it clear to the Iranian government that all three accouts and the sponsor of terrorists will cause more isolation. We've got a very active diplomatic effort taking place. The Iranians know our position on Iraq and they know it clearly. More importantly they know the Iraqi's position relative to Iran. We are helping a sovereign governmetn succeed. And the Iraqis have sent messages to the Iranians to help us succeed, don't interfere in the internal affairs. As to Syria, our message to Syria is consistent. Do not undermine the S government in Lebanon, help us get back the, help Israel get back the prisoner that was captured by Hamas,don't allow Hamas and Hezbollah to plot attacks against democracies in the Middle East. Help inside of Iraq. They know our position as well. J.

...said that he believes the US should work with Iran. So would you be willing to work with Iran in a way that allows some sort of negotiations in Iraq even if they don't come to the table in the p3 and /.

J, Iran has a chance to come to the table with the United States to discuss a variety of issues. And the way forward is one that I had made clear at previous press conferences. And that is if they would verifiably stop their enrichment the United States would be at the table with them. In the meantime, they understand our position and they understand more importantly Iraqi position about their interference inside their country.

Thank you Mr. president. Prime Minister M apparently gave his own news conference this morning where he seemed to be refering to ambassador K and General C yesterday when he said nobody has the right to set any timetables in Iraq. And also seemed to be upset about the raid inside city saying he wasn't consulted. I believe the quote was it will no be repeated. Do you still have full complete and total confidence in Prime Minister M's as a partner in Iraq? And what can you tell the American people about his ability to rein in the militias since he seems to deride much of the power from that?

Yeah, first this is back to the question that they asked about benchmarks. You called it timetables. Ok, we called the timetables excuse me. I think it's refering to the benchmarks that we're developing that show a way forward to the Iraqi people and the American people for that matter about how this unity government is gonna solve problems and bring the people together. And if his point is, is that those benchmarks,although the way forward can be imposed upon Iraq by an outside force he is right. This is a sovereign government but we are working closely with the government to be able to say, here's what's gonna happen then, here's what we expect to happen now, here's / what should be expected in the future. Second for your question.

Oh, on the sectarian on the militias, I heard that and I asked to see his complete transcript of this press conference where he made it very clear that militias harm the stability of his country. Militias, people / deal who operate outside the law will be dealt with. That's what the prime minister said in his press conference.