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April 1, 2014: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House.AP

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi rebuffed calls from her party for Democrats to boycott a newly announced Benghazi investigation, saying Tuesday that the so-called select committee should have bipartisan members.

"If this review is to be fair, it must be truly bipartisan," Pelosi said in a written statement.

She went a step further, calling for the committee to be "equally divided between Democrats and Republicans as is done on the House Ethics Committee."

It's unclear whether Republican leaders would agree to that request. Republicans pointed out that despite Pelosi's call for an equally divided panel, the breakdown of a prior select committee on climate change, engineered by the California Democrat, included nine Democrats and six Republicans.

Details of the proposed Benghazi committee have not yet been released, except for Monday's decision to name Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., as chairman. A formal vote to establish the investigative committee is expected by the end of the week.

On Sunday, Democratic California Rep. Adam Schiff called for fellow Democrats to sit out the investigation.

"I think it's a colossal waste of time," Schiff told "Fox News Sunday." "I don't think it makes sense, really, for Democrats to participate."

Pelosi reiterated complaints from others in her party that there have already been several investigations, including "four partisan reviews" in the House.

But she signaled she does want members of her party on the panel. "It should require that witnesses are called and interviewed, subpoenas are issued, and information is shared on a bipartisan basis. Only then could it be fair," she said.

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