US State Department spokesperson John Kirby responded to a question during a press briefing in August 10, 2015 about Prime Minister Abadi’s reform initiatives removing his deputies and vice presidents from power said “Prime Minister Abadi has presented a proposal to streamline the Iraqi Government. We note that these measures were unanimously approved by the Council of Ministers. This is an internal Iraqi matter, but we do commend Prime Minister Abadi’s initiative to promote improved government services and transparency.”
“We certainly commend Prime Minister Abadi for the initiative that he’s taking to promote improved government services and transparency… He has really moved with alacrity to try to get at better governance inside Iraq, to be more inclusive, to be more responsive to the Iraqi people. And nothing changes about what we’ve said before about the importance of good governance in Iraq and, frankly, in Syria with respect to permanently being able to sustain a defeat of ISIL,” Kirby added.
Regarding the battle with the ISIS, the spokesman said it seems that the Iraqi political leadership understands the threat that ISIL poses to them and to the Iraqi people, and we’re going to continue to work with the Government of Iraq to deal with the threat that they face… Ambassador McGurk is in Iraq to have a wide range of meetings and discussions with Iraqi leaders about how we can all work together to combat and to degrade and defeat ISIL inside Iraq.”