Walter B. Jones: “I would be the first to agree that the budgets are critical to a strong military, but I also would like to say that…”

This bill will reduce the administrative burdens on grieving family members, and ensure that they receive the benefits that they are entitled to as quickly and expeditiously as possible.

I never will forget Donald Rumsfeld, the former Secretary of Defense, sitting where you are telling this committee that he will account for every dollar of the taxpayer.

I want to talk about the graveyard of empires. I think that is what they say about Afghanistan and the history of Afghanistan.

In 2013, you tweeted, 'Let's get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghanis we train, and we waste billions there. Nonsense. Rebuild the United States of America.'