On the recordMay 10, 2005
I think it is important not only that the Members understand, but the American people also understand. I mean, the gentleman is the second most senior member on the Committee on Armed Services; and I think that the gentleman is in the right position on the Committee on the Budget, that this is Iraq, the early years. I mean, this is going to be a long-term commitment of the United States. We are there; we are going to be there for some time. The coalition is getting smaller. We need to make sure that we provide for these men and women and their families back here. So I just wanted to say that so that the Members understand that we have an overall responsibility, but some of the things that the gentleman is showing us here on this chart of the realities that are obviously coming in the future and, on top of that, the Social Security issue, is going to be a train wreck in the making, if not already there.
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