House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, sent a letter to new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, pledging to work to ensure the United States helps the embattle nation defeat the spread of Islamic terrorist groups.
“From military aid to technical and training assistance, we will stand with you to ensure more innocents are not slaughtered, and that the threat does not metastasize further,” Boehner said in the letter.
Boehner’s letter was in response to a Sept. 10 letter sent by al-Abadi in which he outlined his vision for reforming Iraq through a more inclusive government.
In it, he congratulated al-Abadi on Iraqi’s newly formed government, approved Monday by the Iraqi parliament.
Al-Abadi, a Shi’ite Islamist, added Kurdish and Sunni minorities to his cabinet in a bid to help unify the fractured country, which has dissolved into a civil war.
“I could not agree with you more that, as noted in your letter, a government committed to representing all of its citizens and providing equal access under the law is the best path to achieve a safe and prosperous future for its children and grandchildren,” Boehner said.
