05/20/2015
https://www.congress.gov...
"We cannot afford to let the gains our troops have sacrificed so much for in Iraq slip away before they are cemented."
"Make no mistake, after sacrificing hundreds of billions of American taxpayers' dollars and nearly 4,500 American lives, the United States has an enormous stake in Iraq's success."
"We were worried, and were saying so at the time, that this endeavor would harm the country's economy, that it would blow the top off of the price of oil."
"Basically we get, as a country and our general fund, no return on the investment we're making."