From the Wall Street Journal:

The approach emerged last week when the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans, issued a statement saying it hopes Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, puts Ms. Pelosi “in her place” on Afghan policy. The statement accused Ms. Pelosi, a California Democrat, of putting party politics ahead of national security in her cautious statements on expanding the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.

Ms. Pelosi Thursday called the statement sexist. “It’s really sad. They really don’t understand how inappropriate that is,” she told reporters. “I’m in my place. I’m speaker of the House, the first woman speaker of the House. And I’m in my place because the House of Representatives voted me there. That language is something I haven’t even heard in decades.”

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