Pelosi Statement on Disturbing Pentagon Report on Iraq
U.S. Newswire, September, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this afternoon on the Pentagon's 63-page report to Congress on the Iraq war, which gave a disturbing assessment of the deteriorating situation in Iraq:
"Today, the Department of Defense reported to Congress on the real situation in Iraq. Contrary to the optimistic public statements of President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, the report makes clear that prospects for improving security in Iraq in the foreseeable future are bleak.
"The alarming report indicates that the number of attacks against Americans and Iraqis is higher than ever. Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and pushing the country further toward all-out civil war....
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