Pelosi on Reported Administration Plan to Leave All U.S. Forces in Iraq
Friday, September 7, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on conflicting news reports about the intentions of the White House and General David Petraeus to withdraw one brigade next year or to maintain the current troop level in Iraq. Below her statement is a fact sheet on Iraq’s high level of violence and lack of political reconciliation:
“Recent reports – the National Intelligence Estimate, and the GAO and Jones Commission reports – all document the widespread failure of the Iraqi government to meet critical political reform benchmarks set by President Bush himself in January.
“The stay-the-course strategy by General Petraeus and the President to leave all troops in Iraq has been rejected by the American people.
“We need a new direction in Iraq that will protect our troops, promote stability in the region, and make America more secure.”
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases/Sept07/iraq-plan.html