Bush says "new day" for Iraq with new government
Posted on: Sunday, 21 May 2006, 08:08 CDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Sunday said the formation of a new government marked a "new day" for Iraqis and pledged that the United States would help in Iraq's development as a free country.
Bush said he had called Iraq's president, prime minister and speaker to congratulate them on bringing together a unity government. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has put together a cabinet of Shi'ites, minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds. It was sworn in on Saturday, more than three years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Bush said the formation of a new government "is a new day for the millions of Iraqis who want to live in freedom."
Bush's approval ratings have fallen to near lows for his presidency partly on growing public discontent over the Iraq war.
Bombs killed at least 19 people in Baghdad on Sunday as the new government met for the first time since it was sworn in.
Source: REUTERS
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