On the recordJune 14, 2011
I don't think we can continue to sacrifice so many lives and spend billions of dollars a week in a war with no end.
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congress.govI don't think we can continue to sacrifice so many lives and spend billions of dollars a week in a war with no end.
Leahy questions the ongoing costs and human toll of the war in Afghanistan.
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