Nancy Pelosi was on Face the Nation on Sunday morning and spoke out about Bush's plan to send more troops into Iraq. She fully supports our troops in the field, but will not give Bush a blank check like the rubber stamp Republicans.Play (MS 1072) Play (QT 735)
Bob Geiger, Taylor Marsh and Think Progress have more…PELOSI: If the president chooses to escalate the war, in his budget request we want to see a distinction between what is there to support the troops who are there now. The American people and the Congress support those troops. We will not abandon them.
But if the president wants to add to this mission, he is going to have to justify it. And this is new for him because up until now the Republican Congress has given him a blank check with no oversight, no standards, no conditions.
And we've gone into this situation, which is a war without end, which the American people have rejected… More
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