Politics: 'Chaos' Reigns in Iraq, Speaker Pelosi Says

The speaker did, however, say that more troops are needed in Afghanistan, where she also visited. She said the war on terrorism is in Afghanistan and that the distraction of Iraq led to a power vacuum that the Taliban have used to make a comeback. -- "The NATO commander there told us that this could be lost," she said. "Now I did not realize that the situation was that dire in Afghanistan."