Pelosi Believes In Troop Withdrawal More Strongly After Trip

San Francisco Chronicle Marc Sandalow January 29, 2007 11:59 AM

Three days in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan have made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi even more certain of her view that moving troops out of Iraq is the best way to bring stability to the region, she told The Chronicle on Sunday.

Speaking from Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, Pelosi said the nation owes its troops a better policy than the one now being pursued by President Bush, and emphasized the importance of reconstructing the war-torn region.

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In order to not appear "weak-kneed" in the multi-generational fight against engineered "terrorism," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is determined to gift corrupt police and tribal leaders in Afghanistan with $10.6 billion. "Pelosi, D-Calif., and Karzai discussed plans announced last week by the Bush administration to ask Congress for $10.6 billion for Afghanistan, a major increase aimed at rebuilding the country and strengthening government security forces still fighting the Taliban five years after the U.S.-led invasion," reports the Associated Press. "About $8.6 billion would be for training and equipping Afghan police and soldiers; $2 billion would go toward reconstruction."...

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