Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
07/10/2007
Pelosi: Six Months After Iraq Escalation, Still No End in Sight or a Clear Exit Strategy
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following
statement today on the lack of progress in Iraq six months after President Bush
announced that he would escalate the war by sending in thousands of additional
troops. Below her statement is a fact
sheet on the surge:
“Six months after the President escalated the war in
“And now, according to news reports, Administration
officials are acknowledging that the July 15th report by the President that was
mandated by Congress will show that the Iraqis have failed to meet any of the
political, security and economic benchmarks that are critical for their
country’s future.
“Democrats will continue to hold the Bush Administration
accountable by having votes in July to change course in
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THE ‘SURGE’ AT
SIX MONTHS: MORE VIOLENCE, MORE CASUALTIES
Six months ago today, President
Bush renewed his failed policies for Iraq and announced to the nation that he
would send more troops – more than 20,000 – into the war zone. This strategy has
failed before and is failing now. In the face of mounting criticism from
military leaders, experts, bipartisan members of Congress and the American
people, the President continues to ask us to wait, be patient, give
the surge a chance to
work.
The truth of the matter is the
President’s escalation plan has utterly failed to quell the violence in
The time for a New Direction in
SINCE THE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HIS ‘SURGE’ PLAN ON JANUARY 10TH:
Cost to
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590
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Of the wounded, 1,672 suffer
injuries too severe to return to duty.
Cost to
·
The war in
Cost to Iraqis
–
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At least 13,463 civilians and
members of the Iraqi Security Forces have died since
January 2007, according to media reports.
[icasualties.org]
Failure to Meet
Political, Security and Economic Benchmarks:
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According to a draft of the Bush
Administration’s July 15th progress report on
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AMERICANS WANT
A NEW DIRECTION IN
Democrats stand with the majority
of the American people in demanding a New Direction in
More than seven in 10 Americans
favor removing nearly all