Role of the President

Role as a Commander in Chief

Seven years after the American attack of Iraq, the U.S. occupation is winding down even as the homeland has been fell into a new around of political turmoil in the wake of an indecisive parliamentary election held in March 2010.

On Aug. 31, 2010, leader Obama announced an end to the American battle objective in Iraq, even though Baghdad continues without the enduring government that his scheme initially envisioned.

The March ballot had been so close that Iraqi political leaders stayed deadlocked for seven months. The party commanded by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki won ...