Speaker Pelosi Traveling to Middle East

[sabra]

Source: ABC News

ABC News' Jonathan Karl Repiorts: ABC News has learned Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Syria next week to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The visit will make Pelosi the most senior U.S. official ever to meet with President Assad.

Pelosi will be traveling to Syria has part of Congressional delegation. On the trip, she also plans to visit several other countries in the region, including Israel, where she will deliver a speech to the Knesset.

Pelosi's visit to Syria would come as the United States has severed high-level contacts with Assad's government.

...

Traveling with Pelosi will be Congressmen Keith Ellison (D-MN), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA), and David Hobson (R-OH).

Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/03/pelosi_going_to.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. fascinating.

Time's correspondent writes a blog
http://tonykaron.com/2007/03/21/so-whats-iraq-actually-about-now/

that is a great read. The way he hammers the Bushistas is something to behold.

Syria will jawjaw with Israel, while the US pushes Israel to war war.

[wakeme2008]

2. Poor Poor David Hobson(R)

:rofl:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

3. What's the deal with him? Wingnut extraordinaire or reasonable? (n/t)

[Duer 157099]

4. Yeah, this doesn't exactly make me comfortable

I sort of wish they wouldn't do this. Concerned for their safety, that is.

[AndyA]

5. I agree. Why are they allowing this to be so public?

At any rate, I'll bet the visit to Syria has the White House pissed off.

[wake.up.america]

6. I'm more worried about Bush going into a tirade about her trip.

[Vinca]

14. Trip???? Shrub calls it a vacation. nt

[robinlynne]

13. me too!

[soothsayer]

7. dana (wh shill) said the WH just learned of this, doesn't like it,

wishes she wouldn't go

[sabra]

8. of course not - when has the WH been pro diplomacy?

[valerief]

9. She's getting her footing for when the presidency is turned over to her. nt

[sabra]

10. White House Criticizes Pelosi's Trip to Syria

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/03/white_house_cri.html



ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: At today's White House briefing, Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino strongly criticized Pelosi's planned visit Syria, saying, "We think it is a really bad idea."

"People should take a stop back and think about the message it sends and the message it sends to our allies," Perino added.

Perino said she did not know if anybody in the administration had spoken directly to Pelosi to discourage the trip.

[Virginia Dare]

11. Maybe that was the source of their "discussion" the other night...

she said something like, by the way Mr. President, guess where I'm going next week?

[bdamomma]

12. quite a group she is traveling with, very good Nancy.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

15. She needs a stopover in central Bagdhad

...anywhere OUTSIDE the green zone. THEN ask her if impeachment is still off the table.

[umtalal]

22. Oh, yes. Go outside the green zone and then come back and preach non impeachment.n/t

[DrDan]

16. so were the pictures at the big event the other night

the result of her telling junior she was making this trip?

That sure would have prompted his expression.

[Matariki]

17. why does this make me nervous?

if anything happens to this group of folks i'm making myself a shiny new tinfoil cap...

and in the meantime i'm going to pray to goddess for their safety.

ESPECIALLY in light of this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2787624

[Flabbergasted]

18. WOW!

[Flabbergasted]

19. WOW!

[PassingFair]

20. I hope they stay safe.

Making a mental note for best wishes!

[donkeyotay]

21. Waxman? Waxman's traveling? Get back in the Augean stable

You can't afford to take time like this! :spank:

Kidding. Just kidding.

[BreweryYardRat]

23. Even the idiots we have in office aren't stupid enough to try and assassinate her.

I think we can avoid the tinfoil hats here, folks.