Claim: "We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more,  cutting the same things in our own country."
Fact-check: U.S. Rep. David Cicilline says the United States will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, on roads, bridges, training police officers and more
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Mooney
Date published: 2012-09-05T00:00:00