mr. jones, for five minutes. mr. jones: mr. speaker, thank you very much. over the past weekend an article in a north carolina paper was titled, "u.s. envoy troops could stay in afghanistan,," subtitle, "the white house echoed that 2014 is not a deadline for total withdrawal." i'd like to submit the article for the record, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jones: this is coming -- i will read the last sentence of the article. at a conference in germany last week, president karzai and other afghan officials called for political and military support for at least another decade. this is coming from a man who, according to cnn, told a group of tribal elders last month that america's powerful, has more money but we are lions here. lions have the habit of not liking strangers getting into their house. he continued by saying, again, i want to quote president karzai, and i quote, we want to say that iran is our brother. during the years of jihad, iran has been one of the best countries for hospitality for afghans. they are our brothers. you know, mr. speaker, it just amazes me that he keeps saying these things that he doesn't even like us but when he needs us and then he likes us, and our young men are over there losing their legs, their arms and dying. and our young women, too, who are in the military. how in the world can we continue to spend $10 b