Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Trump


"When President Trump says there will be no ceiling on the number of troops and no timeline for withdrawal, he is declaring an open-ended commitment of American lives with no accountability to the American people," House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement reacting to Trump's Afghanistan speech. http://fxn.ws/2vjmik6

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