WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi
released the following statement today on the draft General Accounting
Report on Iraq, which reportedly shows that Iraq has failed to meet all but
three of 18 required benchmarks for political and military progress.

    "The President is demanding tens of billions more dollars for the war
in Iraq despite non-partisan conclusions, such as the draft GAO report and
the recent National Intelligence Estimate, that the Iraqi government has
failed to achieve required reforms.

    "As in the past, President Bush stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the
facts on the ground about the sectarian civil war in Iraq or the growing
bipartisan opposition to his failed policies. He insists that our soldiers
sacrifice even more, and taxpayers spend billions more dollars for an Iraqi
government incapable or unwilling to institute reforms required by the
President himself.

    "With the President continuing to stay the course in Iraq, Republicans
will have to decide whether they will continue to vote with him or join
Democrats and the vast majority of Americans who are demanding a new
direction in Iraq and refocusing America's efforts on fighting the real
threats of terrorism around the world."

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