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Rep. Linda Sanchez, a top U.S. House Democrat from California, said Thursday it s time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team to step aside and make way for the next generation of leaders.The comments from the vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, set to air on C-SPAN s Newsmakers show Sunday, are likely the strongest comments any senior Democrat has made questioning Pelosi s leadership. The 77-year-old Pelosi, first elected as a California representative in 1987, has served in congressional leadership since 2001. Sanchez, asked who is the leader of the Democratic Party, said she doesn t think there s any single leader in the House. Our leadership does a tremendous job. But I do think we have this real breadth and depth of talent within our caucus and I do think it s time to pass a torch to a new generation of leaders
stanley cup and I want to be a part of that transition, Sanchez told reporters for the Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times during the show s taping. I want to see that happen. I think we have too many great members here that don t always get the opportunities that
stanley cup they should. I would like to see that change.
stanley cup Sanchez, pressed to clarify her comments, didn t back down. She told the reporters Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, and House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn should also be read to step aside. Ofcz Obama Diversify White House Art Collection
STATUS-OF-FORCES BACK FROM THE DEAD....The Wall Street Journal reports that a status-of-forces agre
stanley becher ement between the U.S. and Iraq, presumed dead a few weeks ago, is back on the front burner:The Bush administration s embrace of a flexible timeline for pulling U.S. troops from Iraq has accelerated negotiations between Washington and Baghdad over a long-term security pact, officials from both sides said.....An actual date for a planned pullout hasn t been hashed out. Iraqis are pushing for a 2010 withdrawal, but a compromise could be a year or two after that, according to people familiar with t
stanley sverige he talks. The agreement would allow for flexibility in case violence spikes again in Iraq, these people said.This makes a lot of political sense to me. Nouri al-Maliki s pronouncement last month that talks were at a dead end was always best interpreted more as a negotiating tactic than a final rejection. After all, it s in Maliki s security interest to ensure a continuing American presence but in his electoral interest to make clear that it s not a permanent presence, and a formal agreement is pretty clearly the best way for him to serve both these imperatives at once.Likewise, the Bush administration has ev
stanley mugs ery incentive in the world to conclude some kind of agreement with Iraq, even if it implies artfully, of course a withdrawal timeline. George Bush knows perfectly well that the odds favor Barack Obama winning the presidency in November, and if inauguration day rolls around with no
