Brian Jones: “Last week, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and I asked for a classified briefing on Afghanistan. Really, the only thing I can…”

“Last week, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and I asked for a classified briefing on Afghanistan. Really, the only thing I can say about the briefing, because it was classified, is that I will continue to come to the floor and to say let's bring our troops home from Afghanistan. Also last week, we had two Army officers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, who were in Afghanistan to train, and they were shot by the Afghan trainee at point blank range. This brings the count to 42 Americans who have been killed in Afghanistan while working with the Afghans to train them to be police and soldiers. When you factor in how many coalition troops have been killed, along with the Americans, it's about 70. It is a totally impossible situation, as well as the fact that we continue to spend $10 billion a month there. I have beside me, Madam Speaker, a poster from the Greensboro News- Record in Greensboro, North Carolina. The headline is ``Get Out,'' and there is an honor guard bringing a transfer case off the plane. The sad thing is that the day is on a Sunday in February 2011, and we're now in March of 2012. We continue to spend money that we cannot even account for. We send auditors to Afghanistan to try to account for the $10 billion a month that is being given to Mr. Karzai so he can lead Afghanistan--buy some new roads and camps, I guess--while our troops are losing their legs, their arms, and their lives in a war that should be ended now, not later.…”