mr. speaker, i brought back the picture of edy and stephanie. their father and lieutenant colonel palmer, died, and that continues to haunt me. and the way they died continues to haunt me. that's the reason i wanted to bring this picture down here again. they were given the task to train afghans to be policemen. the two were shot and murdered by one of the trainees. what really haunts me is the email sergeant baldwin sent to his wife the day before he was shot and killed. i quote the email, i don't trust them. i don't trust them. for anything. not for anything at all. why in the world do we continue to send our young men and women overseas to get theirselves blown up, shot, and murdered by people they are trying to train? these little girls are standing at their daddy's funeral at arlington cemetery. mr. speaker, that brings me to the last email i received from a retired general, marine general. i called him about 20 months ago and i said, i made a mistake on iraq. i don't want to make one on afghanistan. will you advise me. he said, yes, i will. let me read the one that just ties into t