Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
10/24/2007
Pelosi: Rising Cost of War Adds to Depth of Tragedy in Iraq
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the
following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office released a new
report on the rising cost of the war in Iraq:
“President Bush envisions a 10-year war in
“In the wake of Congressional hearings into billions of
dollars lost to waste, fraud and abuse in
“The majority of the American people and many of our most respected retired military commanders have made clear their preference for a responsible redeployment; it is time the President listened."