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Operations but also is a dishonor to the sacrifices that have been made by the servicemen and women in afghanistan over these years. this is an inexcusable way to run things. >> reporter: the revelations are reminiscent of the pentagon papers, a top-secret defense department study of the vietnam war, which were first made public in 1971 when they were published by "the new york times." >> it's very similar to what happened with the pentagon papers because, again, a strategy is being called into question. the rosy picture that's been painted by our political and military leadership is not the r...

These years. this is a, an inexcusable way to run things. >> the revelations are reminiscent of the pentagon papers. a study of the vietnam war which refers to 1971 when they were published by "the new york times." >> it's similar to what happened with the pentagon papers because again, a strategy is being called into question. a rosy picture that's being painted by our political and military leadership is not the real picture on the ground. >> to date, the u.s. has not carried out a comprehensive accounting of how much it has spent. since 2001, they have appropriated between 934 and 978 billi...

1971 when they were published by the new york times. >> it's similar to what happened with the pentagon papers because a strategy is being called into question. the rosy picture that's being painted is not the real picture on the ground. >> reporter: to date the u.s. has not carried out a come prehence iive accounting of how much it went in the war. the government spent or appropriated between $934 billion and 978 billion according to an inflation adjusted estimate. 90% of what the u.s. spent was over call. the post obtained the documents from the freedom of information act after a three year ...

Years below $1 trillion. >> the cbo projects deficits to decline from $845 billion to year to as low as 430 billion in 2015 but then 978 billion a year by 2023. >> in 2014 or 15 the deficit will come down. there's a tax increase we just passed. that combines to produce a smaller deficit. >> though the president has not submitted his budget, the cbo projects the next ten years u.s. debt will increase $10 trillion from a little more than 16 trillion-dollar now to more than $26 trillion in 2023. >> you can't raise enough tax to say pay for this problem. you won't grow fast enough to get rid of th...