But I would also offer that this is a process, that any kind of financial stabilization efforts are processes where additional actions are taken and markets evolve, political events evolve, and we need to -- our European friends needs to be agile and to be able to continue to evolve.

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"What has been clear throughout this process is that until we have a political reconciliation and stabilization, that we are going to continue to have problems in Iraq, " he said.

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