Walter B. Jones: “I think about the fact we spent over $1.56 trillion in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.”

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.

Why do we in Congress keep increasing the budget? I am all for the warfighter. He or she deserves whatever we can give them.

How can we build the trust of the American people after 16 years, over 2,300 Americans killed, over 20,000 wounded, and we spent $1 trillion?

If this could be on national TV, you would probably be having rallies out there right now protesting, because there is no one held responsible.