Walter B. Jones: “To uphold this moral contract with our men and women in uniform, their families, and military retirees, we urge…”

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.

I wrote to President Trump, had it delivered on July the 18th. I wanted him, if he was going raise the troop levels in Afghanistan, to please come to Congress, ask Congress to meet its constitutional responsibility and have a debate.

No President's, Democratic or Republican, should have the authority to bypass the Constitution or the will of the American people.