Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
07/12/2007
Pelosi: ‘Iraq Report Describes a Policy Badly in Need of a New Direction’
"The report describes a policy badly in need of a New
Direction. The report is not a snapshot
of what is happening in Iraq today, but a sad reality of what has been
occurring in that country for the past few years.
"Since the President announced his surge six months
ago, we’ve lost nearly 600 American troops and spent more than $60
billion. But by the Bush
Administration’s own admission, there is unsatisfactory progress on the key
benchmarks endorsed by the President in January and political reconciliation is
non-existent.
"The American people see the danger in clinging to an
untenable situation in
"Especially in matters affecting the security of our
country, Congress must act when the President will not. Today, the House will vote on a bill that
recognizes that the job our troops were sent to
"After nearly five years of a failed policy in