Nancy Pelosi: “I am very well aware of it as ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Foreign Operations…”

“I am very well aware of it as ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs. We spend a great deal of time, of our committee's time and indeed the floor time, on the issue of military weapons to Indonesia as well as on whether we should have expanded IMET or IMET to Indonesia. My problem with the expanded IMET to Indonesia is that it simply does not seem to be working or taken seriously by the Indonesian military. Certainly it would be appropriate, if properly employed, for us to train the Indonesian military in the importance of human rights in dealing with civilian populations. We just have not seen that happen. The case of East Timor I think is a tragedy for the world.”