12 December 2006 - Nancy Pelosi Addresses NATO Parliamentary Assembly Members

Ms. Pelosi stressed the importance of Alliance solidarity in Afghanistan and commended the “key role” that NATO parliamentarians are playing to support this crucial mission.

Ms. Pelosi also declared that she intends to make environmental and energy security issues “a hallmark” of her work as Speaker of the newly elected US Congress.  She therefore indicated her strong wish to work with the NATO PA on the issues of global warming and energy security. “As public opinion may well be ahead of governments on these issues”, she said, “you can have a leading role”.

Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi spoke at the Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum, organised by the NATO PA, the Atlantic Council of the United States and the National Defense University, and gathering legislators from NATO and partner countries on a yearly basis to discuss transatlantic security issues with the policy community in Washington, DC.