id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pst.000061495852 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Briefing on Iraq and hearing on the international relations budget for fiscal year 2008 : briefing hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, January 11 and February 7, 2007 4.F 76/1:IR 1/24 2007 .txt text/plain 47542 2784 70 are to resist as much they want to, if they are to resist Iranian influence or increases in Iranian influence in the Middle East, something that they fear quite rightly, then it is going to require support for Iraq. our civilian presence in Iraq to better assist the Iraqi people. To succeed with national reconciliation, the Iraqi government must improve security for its people, particularly in Baghdad. As Iraqis intensify efforts to improve lives, the main focus of our support will continue to shift toward helping the Iraqi government expand its reach, its relevance, President Bush and I have engaged retired General Joe Ralston to work with Iraq and Turkey on concerns about terrorism from the Kurdish Worker's Party. urgent task now is to help the Iraqi government establish confidence that it canand will—protect all of its citizens, regardless of their sectarian identity, from violent extremists who threaten Iraq's young democracy—and that it will reinforce security with political reconciliation and economic support. ./cache/pst.000061495852.pdf ./txt/pst.000061495852.txt