Skelton Talks Afghanistan On Face The Nation

Rep. Ike Skelton was on "Face The Nation" this morning as part of a roundtable on the future of the war in Afghanistan. 

On the program, Skelton said he supports General Stanley McChrystal's recommendation for sending an additional 40,000 troops to Afghanistan.

"I back him up. I sent a letter to the president a number of days ago spelling out in great detail - some six pages of a letter - spelling out basically 'Give the general what he needs.' You see, you have to have security in Afghanistan. You have to have governance in Afghanistan. If you don't have both of them, your whole strategy falls apart," Skelton said.

"The war really didn't start until March of this year when the president came forth with a strategy, frankly an excellent strategy," Skelton reasoned. "He chose General McChrystal who is the best in the business for this type of conflict. He asked General McChrystal for an assessment. He got that assessment. Of course that became known ... it was public. And in essence he's going to be asking for additional resources."

The CBS video player may have having a few problems, so apologies if you're having trouble viewing  -- here's a full transcript of the conversation.