By Edward Epstein, CQ Staff

Speaker Nancy Pelosi , just back from a visit to Afghanistan, said Monday she is ordering up a series of closed-door briefings for all members on the situation in that country and its neighbors.

Pelosi, D-Calif., said she had asked Rep. John B. Larson , Democratic caucus chairman, to arrange the meetings in consultation with Rep. Mike Pence , House GOP conference chair. She said she had already consulted with Minority Leader John A. Boehner , R-Ohio.

“He agreed we want to do this in a bipartisan way and in a timely fashion,” Pelosi said.

Larson, who was part of the House delegation that went with Pelosi to Afghanistan over the President’s Day recess, said the briefings in the House chamber would be closed to everyone but members so classified information could be shared.

He said he wants to invite Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates , Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, and Richard C. Holbrooke, special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The sessions come while the Obama administration is conducting a review of Afghan policy. The administration recently announced a 17,000 troop increase in force levels in Afghanistan.

Pelosi said her delegation spoke with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and others in his government about the need to fight official corruption, improve training of police and involve more Afghans in running local development projects. They also stressed the need for involving all of Afghanistan’s neighbors, especially Pakistan, and the need for NATO members to share more of the burden.

She said she was confident that the Obama administration review would result in sound policy in Afghanistan.