Pelosi: "I Would Say To The Vice-President That It's A Little Too Late For 'Full-Speed Ahead'"...

Pelosi: "I Would Say To The Vice-President That It's A Little Too Late For 'Full-Speed Ahead'"...

Last week in a highly publicized statement Vice President Cheney said that the President's objective was "victory in Iraq. And it's full speed ahead on that." Today, in an exclusive interview with CNN's Late Edition, likely future Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded to Cheney...

Partial transcript:

Wolf Blitzer: Do you consider that statement, that was pre-election, still operable?

Pelosi: I would say the to Vice President that it's a little too late for 'full-speed ahead,' we've been in Iraq for 3 and a half years, longer than the US was in Europe during World War II. So 'full-speed ahead,' I don't think so. Right now we need a new direction that brings stability to the region and makes the American people safer.

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