It looks like the Iraqis are happy enough with the words Obama is using.
>>But Republicans were carefully watching Mr. Obama's trip, which is rare in its profile and scope for a presidential candidate. The White House also made clear on Saturday that it was monitoring Mr. Obama's travels, accidentally sending an internal e-mail message to a broad distribution list of reporters of a news report that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq supported Mr. Obama's proposed 16-month timeline for withdrawing combat troops from Iraq.<<