i don t know what we re doing in afghanistan or iraq or what we re doing in syria now if it isn t supposedly in the name of the national defense of our country. this is the bill considered by the armed services committee. if this is not an appropriate place to talk about war, you know, and all the military equipment we re sending halfway around the world, i don t know what bill is appropriate. we are told over and over and over again these are inappropriate vehicles to talk about war. this is the armed services committee. this is the national defense authorization act. this is the bill. this funds the wars. i mean this notion that it doesn t belong here where does it belong? this is important stuff. and we treat war as if it s nothing. we have men and women in harm s way, and we don t even debate whether or not the mission is
which is still nowhere near anyone s agenda, except for the troops who are fighting it, and have been already for eight months. joining us now from the capitol hill is frank gore. i understand that senator paul is still on the senate floor. do you have any expectation for how long this could go on? well, they haven t said, but we re expecting him to go until at least after midnight. you had mentioned that he wasn t going to be affecting the fisa bill. i mean, if i goes past midnight tonight, senator mcconnell is trying to start the process for
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