Hoyer on Pelosi's Claim the CIA Lied: 'I Don't Draw that Conclusion'

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7:54 PM, May 14, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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Via Glenn Thrush, a lively floor debate between Eric Cantor and Steny Hoyer:

Rep. Cantor: "I share with the gentleman the notion we need to follow the law. But if there is somehow a belief, and I'd ask the gentleman whether he shares this belief, that somehow the CIA or others have intentionally misled this body, because that seems to be some concern that has been raised today? And I yield."

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: "I have no idea of that, don't have a belief of that nature because I have no basis on which to base such a belief. And I certainly hope that's not the case. I don't draw that conclusion.

But, as Thrush notes, Hoyer apparently backtracked on MSNBC later today, saying: "I believe the speaker's assertions when she says them".

So, is Hoyer's final answer that the CIA lied or that Pelosi lied?

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