John Garamendi: “Mr. Higgins, you've really hit upon something that caught my attention. Also, we should be aware that this year, that is…”

“Mr. Higgins, you've really hit upon something that caught my attention. Also, we should be aware that this year, that is October 2012 until October 2013, we will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan. To what effect? To have our soldiers killed by Afghan policemen? To create an ongoing conflict in that area with the people that are living there? To what effect? $100 billion. You talk about bringing home the soldiers, we should bring the soldiers home from Afghanistan. There will be some small unit left there to deal with al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, but it's simply not working. Think what $100 billion could do to solve the sequestration issue, which is only $85 billion.”