Mark Critz: “If you start doing research and let's figure out how to do it better, cleaner, more efficiently, I think there is a road…”

This is perhaps the most calamitous step we could possibly take to destabilize the situation in Afghanistan.

Not only does this reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, but it also supports nearly 40,000 jobs.

I think it is incumbent on us not to reduce and shortchange the ANSF, which could have calamitous consequences for Afghanistan's security.

It is far from clear where these 120,000 could possibly find gainful and legal employment in Afghanistan's economy.