ABC News’ Rick Klein and Dean Norland report: Leading House Democrats are lining up to defend House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her widely publicized dispute with the CIA -- while Republicans turn up the pressure on her to retract her accusation that intelligence officials lied to her.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 House Democrat, said today that Pelosi continues to enjoy “solid” support within the caucus. He voiced full support for her side of the story -- attempting to put to rest suggestions of a split inside of Democratic leadership.
“I believe the speaker. I believe the speaker when she says that she was not specifically briefed on the types of -- very polite term -- enhanced interrogation techniques, that were being employed,” Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters at his weekly press briefing.
“Republicans are going to stay on it as long as you guys keep printing it, as long as it keeps to be a television item,” he added. “Not about the substance, but about the distraction. As long as you want to feed on it, the Republicans will continue to feed you. That's the way it is.”
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader John Boehner is demanding that Pelosi either produce evidence that the CIA misled Congress about interrogation techniques, or retract her accusation. - ABC News Story
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