Brian Jones: “While we were home for the district work period in October, 18 American troops died in Afghanistan. In my home county of…”

“While we were home for the district work period in October, 18 American troops died in Afghanistan. In my home county of Pitt in North Carolina, Army Specialist Joshua Nelson was killed by the very Afghans he was sent to train. He is just one of the 60 killed by these insider attacks. My adviser, a former United States Marine Corps commandant, recently said to me, I am more convinced than ever that we need to get out of Afghanistan. When our friends turn out to be our enemy, it is time to pull the plug. It is such a tragedy when American servicemembers are sent to Afghanistan to train police and military and end up being killed by their own trainees. Mr. Speaker, the whole war in Afghanistan is a tragedy. On October 7, there was a national article titled, ``A Mother Mourns a Grim Milestone,'' referring to the 2,000 American casualties from the war in Afghanistan. Lisa Freeman, who was interviewed in the article, lost her son, Captain Mathew Freeman, in 2009 in Afghanistan. Ms. Freeman said: I just sat here, reliving the pain and wondering: Where is America's outrage? Where is America's concern that we're still at war? My question is, Mr. Speaker, why is the House of Representatives still supporting a war that costs $10 billion a month? This money is borrowed primarily from the Chinese. All we hear about is the financial cliff, this crisis that is facing America.…”