EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday praised Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for dropping his bid for a third term and throwing his support behind a designated replacement, Haider al-Abadi.
"Today, Iraqis took another major step forward in uniting their country," U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice said in a statement.
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