While violence in Iraq continues to be at its lowest level in years, the president made a reference to problems, saying terrorists continue to try to derail progress.
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And he is very eager to work with Congress tocontinuetheprogress that Senators McConnell and Reid made towards extending it for a full year at its current level.
We had staff in the region not too long ago that -- meeting directly with the parties to try tocontinueto get progress along the road to setting up a new government.