NEWPORT, RI -- Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) told Inside Defense this week President Trump's new Afghanistan strategy is "contradictory" and that Congress is still awaiting cost details. An increase in troops equates to additional monies needed in Afghanistan, Reed told Inside Defense here Aug. 28. "If the president follows through with helping the Afghan government develop capacity, those additional costs will come from the State Department [budget], which he is actually proposing cuts...
