chaney. . ms. cheney: i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. our forces remain in afghanistan to prevent terrorists from establishing safe havens from which they can launch united against the states. my colleague, ms. omar, has said war. a survivor of and i honor the fact that she has been able to find safety and refuge and citizenship and opportunity and freedom and that me today on the floor of this body, this people's house. think that tells you what an incredible nation the united states is. but i also think that as someone as a s described herself survivor of war, she would recognize more fully the damage devastation that was done to the united states of america on september 11 when we terrorists who trained and plotted and launched from bases in afghanistan. about troop levels in afghanistan must be based on ground.ns on the wars don't end because the united states retreats. is we have ceded the ground to our adversaries. because some end number of years have passed. isis, fight al qaeda, afghanistan or whether we want to fight them here.

chaney. . ms. cheney: i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. our forces remain in afghanistan to prevent terrorists from establishing safe havens from which they can launch united against the states. my colleague, ms. omar, has said war. a survivor of and i honor the fact that she has been able to find safety and refuge and citizenship and opportunity and freedom and that me today on the floor of this body, this people's house. think that tells you what an incredible nation the united states is. but i also think that as someone as a s described herself survivor of war, she would recognize more fully the damage devastation that was done to the united states of america on september 11 when we terrorists who trained and plotted and launched from bases in afghanistan. about troop levels in afghanistan must be based on ground.ns on the wars don't end because the united states retreats. is we have ceded the ground to our adversaries. because some end number of years have passed. isis, fight al qaeda, afghanistan or whether we want to fight them here.