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It's Thursday, August 14th. I'm Amelia Lester in this week for Dorothy Wickenden.

The Pentagon said today that American airstrikes and Kurdish fighters have broken the siege

of Islamic militants on Mount Sinjar in western Iraq.

And in Baghdad, Prime Minister Maliki, agreed to relinquish power.

Last month, the Iraqi people named a new president.

Today, President Massoum named a new prime minister designator, Dr. Heider al-Abadi.

Under the Iraqi constitution, there's an important step towards forming a new government

that can unite Iraq's different communities.

That was President Obama speaking on Monday from Martha's Vineyard.

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