After selection of Fuad Masum as president, the all-important budget must compete with political and security crises for politicians' attention.
National Politics
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Kurdistan's top ambassador says KRG territory now irreversibly includes the Kirkuk oil field, in a "new reality" of almost total Kurdish independence.
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As Kurdistan inaugurated its new Cabinet, President Barzani called retired Peshmerga to re-enlist and help defend the region's southern border against insurgents.
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The Iraqi ambassador discusses stepped-up military cooperation with the U.S., the ongoing sectarian violence in Iraq, and the politics of government formation.
