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HARWOOD: YOU MENTION IRAQ. LET ME ASK YOU TO STEP BACK AND REFLECT ON THIS YEAR SO FAR. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HOPE ACCOMPANIED YOUR ASCENSION TO THE SPEAKERSHIP. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE CHANGE ON IRAQ AND MAYBE A CHANGE IN THE TONE IN WASHINGTON. AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN IT. THE WAR'S GONE ON, AND THE TWO PARTIES ARE REALLY AT KNIFE'S EDGE, AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. HOW WOULD YOU GRADE THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING?

PELOSI: I THINK WE'VE BROUGHT A GREAT DEAL OF CHANGE IN OUR DIRECTION FOR CONGRESS, AND MAY I SAY STARTING WITH OUR FIRST BILL, 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS HR1 WAS VOTING, ALSO, TO GIVE THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN BENEFITS TO OUR VETERANS IN A 77-YEAR HISTORY OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WHETHER IT WAS RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE, PASSING OUR INNOVATION AGENDA, PASSING OUR INCREASE IN THE PACKAGE FOR STUDENT LOANS, ASSISTANCE IN STUDENT LOANS FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION, THE BIGGEST PACKAGE SINCE GI BILL IN 1944, WHETHER IT WAS OUR ENERGY BILL WHICH IS NOT YET SIGNED INTO LAW. MOST OF THE REST IS. ALL PAID FOR AND ALL WITH OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN MAJORITIES IN THE CONGRESS. SO WHILE THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT, WE DIDN'T GO THERE TO SAY WE'RE NOT EVER GOING TO DISAGREE, WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN A FISCALLY-SOUND, HIGHLY-ETHICAL WAY, MOST OF IT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN TERMS OF THE WAR --

HARWOOD: I AM TOLD THAT WE HAVE GOT TO LEAVE IT THERE, WE'RE OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

PELOSI: MY PLEASURE.

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