Pelosi Statement on President Bush's Speech on Fifth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

Pelosi Statement on President Bush's Speech on Fifth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush's speech last night on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks:

"On the fifth anniversary of September 11, President Bush continued to try to justify the invasion of Iraq by drawing nonexistent links to the 9/11 attacks. To try to make partisan gain out of such tragedy dishonors all those we lost on September 11.

"In fact, the war in Iraq has made our effort to defeat terrorism and terrorists more difficult. Last night's speech demonstrated that the President will go to any lengths to distract attention from his failures in Iraq, which have diverted focus from the war on terrorism.

"Despite definitive and repeated findings that there were no ties between Iraq and al Qaeda, a finding most recently echoed by the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee, the President and Vice President continue their misleading efforts to aggregate al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Iraq, and 9/11.

"The American people deserved an opportunity to grieve and come together as a nation last night. Instead, President Bush gave them partisan and inaccurate rhetoric."

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