Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Monday to urge Iraqis to overcome sectarian differences to form a new, more inclusive government.
Kerry met with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and is slated to meet with leaders of various Iraqi factions as well. The New York Times reports that after leaving al-Maliki's compound, he simply remarked, "That was good." After sitting down with al-Maliki, Kerry visited Ammar al-Hakim, the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a Shiite party that rivals al-Maliki's State of Law party.
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