Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/upcoming-house-speaker-discusses-iraq-working-with-bush Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., set to become the first female Speaker of the House in January, discusses the recent election, possible changes in Iraq policy, Rumsfeld's resignation and working with President Bush. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. MARGARET WARNER: Madam Speaker-to-be, if I may call you that, welcome.REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), Minority Leader: My pleasure to be with you, Margaret. MARGARET WARNER: Now, Donald Rumsfeld is gone, just as you this morning and many Democrats had urged. Do you take this as a sign that President Bush really does want a new direction in Iraq? REP. NANCY PELOSI: I certainly hope so. Yesterday, the American people spoke very clearly that there's one place they want a new direction: It's in the conduct of the war in Iraq.The day before, the military press, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, all came out and said Donald Rumsfeld must go, their exact words. So thank heavens the president has heard the message and has acted upon it. MARGARET WARNER: Now, you spoke with him today. Did he mention to you that this was in the offing? REP. NANCY PELOSI: No, he didn't tell me about the secretary or we didn't talk about Iraq. We talked about getting together tomorrow; perhaps we'll talk about it then. It certainly is Topic A for us.