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kayms99Topic A: Is Pelosi in Trouble?
Washington Post Thursday, May 21, 2009; 12:00AM
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Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has called on current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to step down following her charge that the CIA misled her in a 2002 briefing on interrogation techniques. The Post asked experts and lawmakers if the controversy has weakened Pelosi. Below are contributions from Karl Rove, Steny Hoyer, Douglas E. Schoen, Lisa Schiffren and John B. Larson.
White House deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to George W. Bush; columnist for Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal
The kerfluffle over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s CIA briefing on enhanced interrogation matters a lot.
First, there’s the question of credibility. Was Pelosi telling the truth when she asserted that the CIA told her about the techniques but said they hadn’t been used? Is she the only person from that September 2002 briefing who is telling the truth, and everyone else is lying? Credibility is the currency of leadership, and Pelosi will be weakened enormously if she lied. Read the rest of this entry »
