{"id":16382,"date":"2019-01-18T18:34:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T18:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/18\/pelosi-says-white-house-leaks-forced-a-second-cancellation-of-her-planned-afghanistan-trip\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:09:47","slug":"pelosi-says-white-house-leaks-forced-a-second-cancellation-of-her-planned-afghanistan-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2019\/01\/18\/pelosi-says-white-house-leaks-forced-a-second-cancellation-of-her-planned-afghanistan-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi says White House leaks forced a second cancellation of her planned Afghanistan trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday accused White House officials of leaking her plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/01\/17\/us-peace-envoy-in-pakistan-seeking-end-to-17-year-afghan-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">travel to Afghanistan<\/a> via commercial airlines, thwarting her efforts to visit troops in the war zone for the second time this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administration officials have denied the charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi\u2019s accusation came a day after President Donald Trump announced he would revoke access to military aircraft for a delegation of Democratic lawmakers to travel to the combat zone because of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/01\/02\/no-end-for-government-shutdown-after-white-house-meeting\/\" target=_blank> ongoing government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/letter-president-donald-j-trump-speaker-house-representatives-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=_blank>In a letter<\/a> criticizing the pre-planned but unannounced trip as a \u201cpublic relations event,\u201d Trump said he thought \u201cit would be better if you were in Washington negotiating with me and joining the Strong Border Security movement to end the Shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he also said Pelosi was welcome to travel commercial and complete the trip if she wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/17\/trump-cancels-pelosis-use-of-military-aircraft\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19017601742083.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump cancels Pelosi\u2019s use of military aircraft for Afghanistan trip<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The House Speaker and President are at loggerheads over the shutdown; Pelosi had been scheduled to travel to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi\u2019s staff said Friday that she and the congressional delegation tried to do that, only to have those plans also upended by Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the middle of the night, the State Department\u2019s Diplomatic Security Service provided an updated threat assessment detailing that the president announcing this sensitive travel had significantly increased the danger to the delegation and to the troops, security, and other officials supporting the trip,\u201d said Drew Hammill, spokesman for Pelosi. \u201cThis morning, we learned that the administration had leaked the commercial travel plans as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As speaker of the House, Pelosi is second in the line of succession to the presidency, behind only Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hammill said the decision was made to postpone the trip \u201cso as not to further endanger our troops and security personnel, or the other travelers on the flights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats involved in the trip had said their goal was to thank troops for their service overseas and learn about the situation on the ground in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials on Friday announced that all congressional travel on military or other federally owned aircraft will be suspended during the ongoing government shutdown, unless approved by the White House chief of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move to block the congressional visit is highly unusual, given past support from both parties for the trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last March, Pelosi lead a similar congressional delegation to Jordan, Israel and Afghanistan with 11 other House lawmakers. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan and then-House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry arranged a similar trip to visit troops in Afghanistan in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s decision came just days after Pelosi suggested delaying or canceling the annual State of the Union address set for later this month because of the ongoing shutdown, now nearly a month old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi said that some of the agencies involved with security for the national address \u2014 including the Secret Service \u2014 are working on short staff and without pay, complicating plans for the event. White House officials have dismissed those concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shutdown began on Dec. 22 after congressional Democrats and Trump were unable to reach a deal on White House demands for more than $5 billion in funding for his controversial southern border wall project.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/17\/trump-still-poised-for-a-drawdown-in-afghanistan-after-the-deadliest-year-for-us-troops-since-2014\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-deployments-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump still poised for a drawdown in Afghanistan after the deadliest year for US troops since 2014<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">This year has been the bloodiest for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the draw down of 2014, when coalition forces shifted to an advise and assist role under NATO\u2019s Resolute Support mission.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump visited U.S. troops overseas in Iraq a few days after the shutdown began, leading to charges of hypocrisy from the Democrats whose trip was canceled this week. Trump has not yet visited Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials have discussed a possible drawdown of U.S. forces in the country, but so far have made no public announcements on moves. Pentagon officials have said that American troops have made progress training local forces in recent years and rapid withdrawal could destabilize the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/01\/18\/army-ranger-wounded-in-afghanistan-dies-of-wounds\/\" target=_blank>Army sergeant died<\/a> in Landstuhl, Germany, four days after he was shot by insurgents during a reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan, the 10th American casualty there in the last four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The President\u2019s comment that lawmakers visiting Afghanistan is a \u201cpublic relations event\u201d is an insult to the brave men and women serving in harm\u2019s way. <a 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