Article: “Iraqi Parliament Responds to US State Department: Your Interference in Budget is Unacceptable” Quote: “On Wednesday, the US State Department urged the Iraqi parliament to expedite the passage of Iraq’s federal budget. ‘We have worked with the federal government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government to reach a permanent budget agreement...’ State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a press briefing at the department…The Foreign Relations Committee in the Iraqi Parliament responded, on Thursday, to the US State Department’s statements… ‘The statements of the US State Department are unacceptable‘ “