Our African policy has advocated political reconciliation and negotiated solutions.
He said the changes were intended to promote "national and political reconciliation."
The goal has not been to impose a military solution, but to provide enough security that Iraqis can move toward political reconciliation.
He gave a conciliatory speech that called for political reconciliation and increased democracy in the country.
There will not be the political reconciliation that many Democrats are calling for.
What happened today doesn't change where we are in emphasizing the political reconciliation.
Iraq's most important - the task of the Iraqis is to find a way forward from their elections for political reconciliation.
What if there is no chance of political reconciliation, as seems more and more likely?
A spirit of political reconciliation prevailed in the early 1960s.
"We've got to concentrate more on political reconciliation in Iraq," he said.