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| ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE |
| Sunday, March 9, 2003 |
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Pelosi: Democrats won't miss chance to turn Bush away from war
Will propose resolution opposing war
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| House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
says the administration should pursue disarmament but not regime change. |
"If the Democrats had spoken out more clearly in a unified vote five months ago in opposition to the resolution, I think we might have been in a different place today," Pelosi said in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, "but many trusted the administration to wield the threat of war wisely, with the goal of disarming Iraqi and no more. That faith was clearly misplaced."
Pelosi voted against a resolution put forth in Congress in October that authorized President Bush to use force against Iraq if necessary. Sixty percent of House Democrats voted against the resolution, but it ultimately passed through both houses of Congress.
"The fact that many of us gave the administration the benefit of the doubt then is all the more reason to do the right thing now, and strongly oppose this ill-conceived and unnecessary war," the California Democrat said. "Monday morning, I will submit a resolution re-asserting the constitutional prerogative of Congress to declare war, and withdrawing any prior authorization of use of force against Iraq absent such a congressional declaration."
Delivering her first speech on foreign policy since becoming the Democrats' leader in the House, Pelosi promised that there would be no enforced party line for this vote. "I will encourage all members to vote according to their conscience," she said, "I know that many members of both parties, like me, are sick and tired of the constant stream of misdirection and outright lies issuing from this administration."
"It's time for members of congress to put their cards on the table and declare whether or not they trust the administration's shifting pretexts for launching an unprovoked war, whether or not they believe that we have really exhausted all alternatives such as the continuation of inspections, diplomacy and the leverage provided by the threat of military action."
During a question-and-answer session, Ted Sorenson, a former policy adviser and speech writer for President Kennedy, asked what's become of the Democratic Party.
"Never again will the Democrats go into a race without defining who we are," Pelosi responded. "Never again will the Democrats have to answer to the charge, 'We didn't know what you stood for or what you were willing to fight for.' Our country is not an aggressor nation, and my party will fight to keep us from become one."
| Friday, March 7, 2003 |
Like, totally.
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And not a moment too soon.
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With regard to uranium acquisition, the IAEA has made progress in its investigation into reports that Iraq sought to buy uranium from Niger in recent years. The investigation was centered on documents provided by a number of states that pointed to an agreement between Niger and Iraq for the sale of uranium between 1999 and 2001.[...]
Based on thorough analysis, the IAEA has concluded with the concurrence of outside experts that these documents which formed the basis for the report of recent uranium transaction between Iraq and Niger are in fact not authentic. We have therefore concluded that these specific allegations are unfounded. However, we will continue to follow up any additional evidence if it emerges relevant to efforts by Iraq to illicitly import nuclear materials.
Someone tried to frame Saddam Hussein for the purchase of uranium by providing forged documents to the IAEA inspectors. The only reason to do this would be to create a false pretext for war. Now, who would do a thing like that?
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