BAGHDAD ? U.S. officials on Wednesday welcomed Iraq?s decision to negotiate with Washington on keeping some U.S. troops in the country into next year, seeing it as a move toward ending the months-long political stalemate that has complicated U.S. plans for a December withdrawal.
Iraq?s top political leaders agreed late Tuesday that the Iraqi military needs to continue training programs with U.S. forces, marking the first step in a process that still could take months to resolve.
?There seems to be broad partnerships and political coalitions emerging that take tough decisions,? said a senior U.S. Embassy official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the issue frankly. ?This is very good, because we don?t want to be the security partner to a dictatorship or to a one-party regime, but rather, we believe we should have acceptance by a broad range of political forces in this country.?
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