WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who visited troops in Iraq yesterday, released the following statement today regarding the death of five American soldiers at the Camp Victory complex near Baghdad. "I offer my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the five American soldiers who were killed at Camp Victory today.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the rest of the Bush administration may be undecided on whether to send more troops to Iraq, but several soldiers he met with at Camp Victory here on Thursday morning here said extra forces would help.