House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Damascus and is meeting today with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She has been urging Syria to help stabilize Iraq and stop supporting Washington’s adversaries in the Middle East. Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. politician to travel to Syria in years. On Tuesday, President Bush condemned Pelosi’s trip.
President Bush: “Photo opportunities and/or meetings with President Assad lead the Assad government to believe they’re part of the mainstream of the international community, when in fact they’re a state sponsor of terror.”
Pelosi is traveling as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation.