President George W. Bush should change direction on the Iraq war and provide a clear assessment of its costs and consequences, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez said.
The war, which is entering its sixth year, has strained the resources and morale of the U.S. military and weakened the nation's ability to battle al-Qaeda and finish the fight in Afghanistan, the senator from New Jersey said in delivering the Democratic party's weekly radio address today.
"The war hasn't made us any safer, but it certainly has made us poorer," Menendez said. "We've already spent more than $600 billion on a war that President Bush claimed would cost 1/10th that much."
You can listen to the entire radio address by clicking here.
