Jim Webb actually said...

The disintegration of this system day by day, year by year, and the movement toward mass incarceration... is dramatically affecting millions...

I actually offered an amendment yesterday, on the exact point that you just made.

I don't believe it's always necessary that, if the American flag goes down, that we end up staying to rebuild a nation.

We need a strategy that has clearly articulated endpoints, not simply benchmarks, so we really know where we are going.