Joe Manchin actually said...

"If you are the largest employer and you are spending more than anybody has ever spent in that country, you would have to be doing something that you would call--define as nation building because you a..."

"I think just to make the point, if you could, if I could even talk with you all later..."

"Do you believe that we could utilize our National Guard much more effectively and cost efficiently?"

"But, truly, in the eyes of an average American, that would be trying to build another nation, and we can make determinations at the expense of our own."