Richard B. Nugent: “So much has been said. As I said earlier, I agree with a lot of what has been said. I will be honest with you, I am…”

“So much has been said. As I said earlier, I agree with a lot of what has been said. I will be honest with you, I am disappointed. I have sons that have been sent off to war for this Nation: two of them in Iraq at the same time and one in Afghanistan. They didn't ask to go. They went because, long before I got here, a majority of the Members here voted for it. Now, you can have disagreements about whether or not we should have been involved in Iraq. I have some serious reservations. Or about what our continued involvement in Afghanistan should be. I actually voted for an amendment that the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) put up last year in regards to getting out of Afghanistan. Listen, what I say is not hallowed words. I have had blood and flesh of my own in those countries. And I agree, there is nothing we can do to change where Afghanistan is going to go in the future. You can't change history, as has been brought up here. But I will tell you that if you don't vote for the underlying rule, then we won't have the opportunity to support our troops. We won't have an opportunity to override what the President is doing in regards to cutting the COLA for our troops and adding additional costs to our troops that they have to bear out of their own pockets. So you want to make a statement. Let's not forget about what the NDAA is all about.…”