Chris Murphy: “These are big, complicated Agencies to run. We appreciate your willingness to be up to the job on a daily basis.”

This trip confirmed for me that there is an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs of this war and the implications of this war from Congress and the American people," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told…

I plan to see for myself the damage to American facilities, hear from our partners in the Gulf about how this war has hurt their security and their economies, and assess our regional counterterrorism efforts.

This should be unacceptable to every member of Congress—Republicans and Democrats—and this should be unacceptable to the American public.

Of course, I was also candid with him, in particular regarding my deep concerns about the transfer of the luxury plane.