Mary Landrieu actually said...

It is a proven model. So I am going to be pressing this budget to spend our money where it works, and stop spending money where it doesn't.

We should figure out how to get our troops over there, how to get our troops back, and then how to pay for the tail that goes long into next...

What was the original estimate of what this would cost?

This is all the cost of war. This is paying for the cold war when we made these weapons.