thank leoould like to shane, deputy editor of "military times" for being with us this morning.ming up, day seven of authorgton journal's" series. we will talk to sarah kendzior about her book, "the view from flyover country." ♪ >> tonight at 8:00 eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress. andr roskam, john duncan, mike coffman reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our devices and what things weekly. 14 jefferson wrote this years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we get time for -- time to time and internally press forward. it takes time to persuade men, even if it is for their own good. my point is we need to culturally step back and say these things take time. >> to think that we have spent trillions on these wars and that the war in afghanistan has been going on 18 years -- i think it is ridiculous. i think, also, these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the co