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Nancy Pelosi: “Nowhere was the call for a new direction more clear from the American people than in the war in Iraq.”

On the recordNovember 7, 2006
Nowhere was the call for a new direction more clear from the American people than in the war in Iraq.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Pelosi emphasizes the public's demand for a new approach to the Iraq war following the election.

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