marines headquarter building at camp leatherneck. a two-star marine general tells "the washington post" that this facility at camp leatherneck is better appointed than any marine headquarters, anywhere in the world, including the united states. a two-star army general tells "the post" that the operations center, inside this building, is as big as the one at centcom, in tampa. the operations center there is as big as the one at the supreme allied command headquarters in europe. and this headquarters building has never been used and it will never be used. the marines started saying a long time, like as of 2010, that they did not need this thing and they did not want the thing. rajiv at "the washington post" has been reporting on this issue for "the washington post." it's an amazing story and it's been kind of amazing reporting from him, including him recently getting a senior marine officer to tell him that we don't need it, we are packing up there. the marine officer called it an enormous white elephant that was built for the marines.

between combination commercial aircraft, military aircraft, going to be staged at the big base at leatherneck and going to our respective places. the day we arrive at the forward operating base, the day we arrive as the new surgical team to take over and our colleagues that are going to be there, we saw our first real casualty. >> what was it? who was it? >> it was a young marine who had been injured by an ied, and improvised explosive device. the young man -- i should take one quick step back and say, i wasn't kidding when i said brooklyn was a formative place to grow up. it was also a formative place to train. i thought that i have seen every trauma possible, gunshot wounds, stab wounds, explosive injuries even. motor vehicle accidents -- anything. i felt very comfortable with my level of experience with trauma based on my brooklyn experience. what i saw that day, the first day that we were there -- it is so hard to describe because even though i had been years before deploying, seeing individuals with extremity injuries, some of them still undergoing the surgery they need, i hadn't seen it

combination commercial aircraft, military aircraft, you know, going to be staged at the big base, at leatherneckand then ultimately going to our respective fob's. so the day we arrived at our fob, we -- >> fob's are forward operating base. >> forward operating base, yes. the day we arrive with the new, as a new surgical team to take over and our, you know, our colleagues that are going to be, you know, sort of that we're relieving there, we saw our first, you know, real casualty that i remember vividly. >> what was it? who was it? i mean, not by name. >> sure. it was a young marine who had been injured by an i.e.d., an improvised explosive device. and the young man -- you know, i just take a one quick step back and say, you know, i wasn't kidding when i said brooklyn was a formative place to grow up and was also a formative place to train in medicine particularly for trauma. i thought that i had seen every trauma possible -- gunshot wounds, stab wounds, you know, explosive injuries, even, motor vehicle accidents, you know, anything. and i felt very comfortable with my, you know, level of experie

so he wants more information on why the 64,000-square-foot building was constructed at camp leatherneckr structure was built after president obama ordered a surge of troops into southern afghanistan in 2009, but helq÷+ maintains it's too g for the few hundred u.s. troops in that area. martha? martha: well, how could all this money have been wasted and nobody noticed it or stepped this to say, you know, we don't need to be doing this? >>mmpq÷ what to that's, -- thats what he's asking too. quote: this is a white elephant that the that leans said they don't want and don't need. it's frankly a mystery to us why the army would want to continue pouring money into this, that's why we're relaunching this investigation, because american taxpayers are not getting the accountability they deserve. he has said previously that this building in afghanistan ill lumbar nates -- illuminates a problem; that once a project is started, quote, it's very difficult to stop. martha: molly, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ bill: president obama was asked about 2016, specifically about hillary clinton and joe biden. whe

the person who ordered camp leatherneck in afghanistan, a $34 million new camp for troops, sits abandoned today. never occupied. who was the general or the colonel that authorized that in anticipation of our drawdown, executed its building and then ordered that we abandon it? is there any accountability in the pentagon? or any other agency? are we doing our job holding them accountable? the waste book isn't all about the defense department, but i brought a couple of those up just so we could see. the waste book is about all across the agencies, about poor judgment. you may agree -- disagree with me of some of the things in the waste book, but the question you have to ask yourself is at a time when we have done what we have done to the american people in terms of unfunded liabilities, in terms of individual debt, the average family now has over $220,000 of debt they have to pay back that we have borrowed, at a time when we do it, should we spend money the way we spend it? $978,000 to study romance novels now, certainly that's a priority right now in our government. everybody would agree wi

somewhere between $25 million and $36 million on a 64,000 square foot unoccupied building in camp leatherneck which may of 2010 the commanding general, general mills recommended cancellation of the construction. that was overridden by his superiors. then in may of 2013, the building is still sitting not used. the army regulation 15-6 investigation said we ought to convert that building to a gym and spend more money converting it to a movie theater. that was overridden. the building is still sitting unoccupied. thank goodness we didn't spend more money. $230 million in spare parts in an inventory warehouse. there was no good inventory or accountability for those spare parts. these are vehicle parts. an additional $138 million in spare parts were ordered just in october of 2013. i want to commend the work of congressman jason chaffetz of the oversight committee who's been working with the special investigator of afghan reconstruction. he's identified dual usage and fuel usage and waste and theft in afghanistan. he talked about the expenses of the hospital in kabul where u.s. tax dollars have be

somewhere between $25 million and $36 million on a 64,000 square foot unoccupied building in camp leatherneck, which may of 2010 the commanding general, general mills, recommended cancellation of the construction. that was overridden by his superiors. then in may of 2013, the building is still sitting not used. the army regulation 15-6 investigation said we ought to convert that building to a gym and spend more money converting it to a movie theater. that was overridden. the building is still sitting unoccupied. thank goodness we didn't spend more money. $230 million in spare parts in an inventory warehouse. there was no good inventory or accountability for those spare parts. these are vehicle parts. an additional $138 million in spare parts were ordered just in october of 2013. i want to commend the work of congressman jason chaffetz of the oversight committee who's been working with the special investigator of afghan reconstruction. he's identified dual usage and -- fuel usage and waste and theft in afghanistan. he talked about the expenses of the hospital in kabul where u.s. tax dollars ha