Afghanistan is our longest war ever and Congress has abandoned all responsibility
March 23, 2018 The Hill
The U.S. is well into the 17th year of its military commitment in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history. "You might assume Congress would be intensely focused on this...You would be wrong." The column cites research by the Costs of War project that estimates America's Afghanistan-related spending totals nearly $1 trillion since 2001.