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History Forum / General / British History / April 2007Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Of The House, Won't Attend General Petraeus's Classified Briefing
Nancy Pelosi is a woman who has made up her mind and who does NOT want to be confused by the FACTS. Initially, she didn't even want General Petraeus to GIVE a classified briefing to the House legislators -- pleading "scheduling conflicts". She didn't want THEM to be confused by the facts either. DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas --------------------------------------------- Pelosi Won't Attend Petraeus Briefing House Speaker Had Phone Conversation With Top U.S. Iraq Commander By JAKE TAPPER ABC News WASHINGTON, Apr. 24, 2007— As the House and Senate prepare to vote this week on the final conference report on the $124 billion troop funding bill — which would also mandate that U.S. combat troops begin withdrawing from Iraq on Oct. 1 at the latest — Gen. David Petraeus is scheduled to come to the Hill tomorrow to brief lawmakers on the progress of the recent troop escalation. ABC News has learned, however, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will not attend the briefing. "She can't make the briefing tomorrow," a Democratic aide told ABC News Tuesday evening. "But she spoke with the general via phone today at some length." A Pelosi aide said the speaker on Tuesday requested a one-on-one meeting with Petraeus but that could not be worked out. He said their phone conversation lasted 30 minutes. Was it over a secure [encrypted] phone link? -- DSH Last week, House Democratic leaders were criticized by their Republican counterparts when they initially declined an invitation from Petraeus to brief House members on the status of the war due to "scheduling conflicts." House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, called the decision "irresponsible" and said it constituted a "dereliction of duty." But by the end of the day, Pelosi's office changed course and scheduled a briefing for members of the House for Wednesday, April 25. The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the senator would attend the classified briefing with senators on Wednesday at 4 p.m. facts? bush has never given out facts, > Nancy Pelosi is a woman who has made up her mind and who does NOT want to be > confused by the FACTS. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Lux et Veritas et Libertas Nancy Pelosi voted against the war. But I can understand your point of view, Hines. Bush has been great for his base, the 'haves' and the 'have mores'. Besides cutting top marginal tax rate for the 'have mores' in war times, Bush has successfully transferred 1/2 a trillion of tax payers money to the military industry, contractor, mercenaries. This transfer of money has additional advantages, not only enriching his cronies. Bankrupting the Federal Government is one. So we may achieve the wet dream of Norqiest "drowning the Federal government in a bathtub", and of course cutting social services. Mercenaries come very handy to control the plebeians, as the trial run in New Orleans proved it. The price of building new walls and gated communities can be easily compensated by encouraging old, unproductive people to die a little sooner. Denying health insurance works quite well. Welcome to the Neoliberal New World of old feudal system of kings and barons. Well, at least kings quarreled some times. The Corporate Oligarchy are in prefect agreement to exploit all human regardless of nationality. Hi, I think it is interesting that as speaker of the house she only wants to hear what she wants to hear. What type of leadership is this? Bad! This really makes me wonder about the 2008 election. The democrats need to realize that they cannot just say they do not want to talk or listen to people who do not knee-jerk to what they say. Well, my prediction is that if the democrates win the 2008 election, they will end the iraq war by making appeasement/peace with al-sadr and allow iraq to be partitioned into three countries. Strange new new world. DK ------------------ > Nancy Pelosi is a woman who has made up her mind and who does NOT want to be > confused by the FACTS. [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the senator > would attend the classified briefing with senators on Wednesday at 4 p.m. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > DK the irony is too much. >> Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > the irony is too much. Yeah, imagine a Republican simp complaining about Democrats! Delicious irony indeed! Dan |
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