country lives and quite a lot of
money.
as the pentagon prepares to send
dozens more marines into
afghanistan days after the
remains of most recent
casualties in the conflict were
returned home, 2,263 americans
have died there since 2001.
over 20,000 wounded.
so many americans still asking
what are we doing there?
the pentagon has spent more than
$714 billion to date on just
military costs fighting in
afghanistan.
>> let's talk about solutions to
this here.
former navy s.e.a.l. and
blackwater ceo, eric prince will
join us in just a moment but
laid out his vision for a new
strategy in a wall street
journal op-ed.
his plan includes appointing a
federal official with broad
powers to conduct the war and
reducing troop numbers in
afghanistan by training local
units under private military
leadership.
maintaining a small special
operations presence in the
country, also talks about
lowering the cost of the