Obama, Biden Phoned Kurds To Press Iraq Election Deal -- McClatchy News
BAGHDAD — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq's elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop withdrawal.
In separate phone calls Sunday with Massoud Barzani, the powerful president of Iraq's Kurdish region, Obama and Biden persuaded him to withdraw the Kurds' objections to an elections law, Kurdish lawmakers said. Iraq's parliament approved the deal late Sunday in Baghdad, ending months of sectarian wrangling that have delayed the elections.
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Update #1: Call from Obama seals Iraq election law -- CSM
Update #2: Iraqi lawmakers reach deal on seat allotment ahead of election -- Washington Post
My Comment: I was wondering last week on when President Obama was going to get involved .... now we know.