Pelosi: Petraeus' Remarks on Lack of Progress in Iraq Prove Bush's Iraq Policy Has...

Pelosi: Petraeus' Remarks on Lack of Progress in Iraq Prove Bush's Iraq Policy
Has Failed

WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released
the following statement today in response to General David Petraeus' remarks
Thursday that Iraqi leaders have failed to make "sufficient progress by any
means in the area of national reconciliation":

"After almost five years of war and nearly 4,000 American lives lost, General
Petraeus' admission proves that the President's Iraq policy has failed.
President Bush and other Republicans can no longer credibly claim that their
status quo Iraq strategy is working.

"Americans demand a New Direction in Iraq that includes responsible
redeployment so we can strengthen our military's readiness and refocus on the
real fight against terrorism. Democrats in Congress wholly reject a
continuation of the President's 10-year, trillion dollar war in Iraq."

SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House

Brendan Daly or Nadeam Elshami, +1-202-226-7616, both of the Office of the
Speaker of the House