Secretary of defense Ashton Carter and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, both testified before the committee. And i have Great Respect for both of them. I asked them if after a decade in afghanistan keeping troops in afghanistan for nine more years would even make a difference. Last year in his politico article and i quote the title was down the opium rathole, roger says, and i quote, if you spent 13 years pounding money down the rathole with little to show for it you might wake up one morning and say, hey, ill stop pounding money down this rathole. Unfortunately, the United States government does not think this way. Even though our combat troops are leaving afghanistan, our money will continue to flow there. Billions after billions. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to submit this politico article for the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Jones in recent days, the waste of billions of dollars in afghanistan has been dominating the h
Issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. To our viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. The president of the United States was impeached this past week. Charged with violating his oath of office by abusing his powers and obstructing congress. There is no reason to believe he will be convicted and removed from office once the senate does its part and holds an impeachment trial. That trial will come early next year, a president ial Election Year, but we dont know exactly when or when the house will officially deliver the two articles of impeachment across the capitol to the senate. That uncertainty is because of a dispute about trial rules and because of a fascinating impeachment politics sub plot, a test of wills between two of washingtons most powerful and disciplined players, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. Our founders
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