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Congressional leaders: Handle Iraq with care (CNN, July 7, 2002)

Congressional leaders Sunday questioned the priorities of the Bush administration's Middle East and Arab policies, particularly in regard to rumblings about a first strike on Iraq.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said there too many "unanswered questions" exist for her to support an attack on Iraq. She urged the administration to put its muscle behind the United Nations' efforts to get weapons inspectors back into the country.

"I think that our efforts have got to focus on supporting the U.N. and isolating Saddam Hussein," Pelosi, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN's "Late Edition." "Every country in the world that has a relationship with Iraq ... should be demanding that, rather than going to the next option which is putting our young people in harm's way."

You've got to wonder how long folks who wish to hold power within the Democrat Party can support the war. At some point their personal ambitions are best served by reverting to form and opposing the President's war on terror. But that could be catastrophic for the Party's fortunes in the next couple general elections. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 7, 2002 6:39 PM