To challenge Pelosi

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ON JAN. 12, Bay Area congressional representatives Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Pete Stark, and Sam Farr joined Democratic colleagues from across the country in signing a letter to President George W. Bush calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) was notably absent from the list of signatories.

Despite the growing death toll of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians and November's citywide referendum – in which a resounding 63 percent of San Francisco voters approved a measure calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq – Pelosi refuses to reconsider her strident support for the war and occupation.