<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>[More should be encouraged to do so. E.g., would Johnson's Democratic opponents in this year's election have signed this letter? --CGE]</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Bipartisan House group calls on Boehner, Pelosi to look again on Afghanistan </b></div> <div>
By Pete Kasperowicz
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02/29/12 09:02 AM ET </div> <div id="el-article-div"><p align="">Six members of the House — three from each party — warned House
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.) earlier this month that the war in Afghanistan is not going
as well as the Obama administration has said, and urged the leaders to
instead read the government's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on
Afghanistan from last December.</p><p align="">The members' February 10 letter also noted the assessment of Afghanistan given by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, who said, among other things, that Afghan troops are not well trained and will likely be over-run once the U.S. leaves. </p><p align="">"Many of us have read the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for
December 2011 and found it supports Lieutenant Colonel Davis' analysis,"
the letter said. "We encourage you to read the NIE as well."</p><p align="">Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), one of the signatories to the letter, said on
the floor that he reminded Boehner on Tuesday that he should read the
NIE on Afghanistan.</p><div>"If they would read it, they would be better informed and better understand those of us who want to get out," Jones said.</div><p align="">The letter from the six members follows here:</p><p align=""><br></p><p align=""><i>Washington, DC, February 10, 2012 </i></p><p align=""><i>Hon. John Boehner, Speaker, House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC.</i></p><p align=""><i>Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, The Capitol, Washington, DC.</i></p><p align=""><i>Dear Mr. Speaker and Democratic Leader:</i></p><p align=""><i>I
would like to bring your attention to Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis'
recent assessment of the situation in Afghanistan that was published in
the New York Times on February 6, 2012 (attached). It is vastly
different than the one that the U. S. Congress has been receiving from
the Obama Administration. Many of us have read the National Intelligence
Estimate (NIE) for December 2011 and found it supports Lieutenant
Colonel Davis' analysis. We encourage you to read the NIE as well.</i></p><p align=""><i>Therefore,
we think that Lieutenant Davis' analysis merits attention by the
relevant committees of jurisdiction in the U.S. House of Representatives
and we respectfully request that you encourage the relevant Chairmen to
hold hearings as soon as possible and invite Lieutenant Colonel Davis
to be a witness. As we withdraw from Afghanistan, it is vital that the
Congress hear another perspective from what we have heard for over ten
years. Thank you for your careful consideration of our request.</i></p><p align=""><i>Sincerely,</i></p><p align=""><i>Walter B. Jones (R-NC)</i></p><p align=""><i>Jimmy Duncan (R-Tenn.)</i></p><p align=""><i>Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)</i></p><p align=""><i>John Garamendi (D-Calif.)</i></p><p align=""><i>Timothy V. Johnson (R-Ill.)</i></p><p align=""><i>Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)</i></p></div></div></body></html>