Adam Smith actually said...

the amount of money we are requesting, or that we envision inside this request--the $500 million--is a pretty reasonable planning factor for...

Personally, I support the drawdown. I think the fewer troops we have there, the better, going forward for a variety of different reasons.

this is more for the White House: Sell it. Because if you don't, there ain't no way we are going to pass it.

I am telling you, this is really, really poorly drafted in terms of narrowing it down to a specific set of purposes.