i'll start with colleen mccain melson of the waul strell stree journal. >> do you have any confidence maliki and can he bring political stability to iraq? >> it is not our job to choose 's leaders. part of what we fought for was the right and opportunity for iraqis to determine their own destiny and choose their own leaders. but i don't think there is any secret that right now at least there is deep divisions between sunni, shia and kurdish leaders. and as long as those deep divisions continue or worsen, it will be hard for an iraqi government to deal with these threats. whether he as prime minister or other they have the opportunity to advance their interest in the process. we have seen over the last two years dating back to 2008, 2009, the sense among sunnis that their interests were not being served. you hear similar complaints that the government in baghdad has not reached out to the tribes and have been able to bring them into a process that gives them a sense of being part of a unity government or a single nation state and that has to be worked through. part of the reason why we