(A) According to a 2016 USA Today article entitled Report cites wasted Pentagon money in Afghanistan , among the more egregious examples of boondoggles Sopko cited included importing rare blond Italian goats to boost the cashmere industry . The $6 million program included shipping nine male goats to western Afghanistan from Italy, setting up a farm, lab, and staff to certify their wool. (B) An ongoing SIGAR investigation found that American taxpayers are paying as many as 200,000 fictitious Afghan ghost soldiers, potentially costing hundreds of millions of dollars annually. (11) On May 1, 2012, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and United States President Barack Obama signed the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the United States of America , which committed the United States to supporting the social and economic development, and security, of Afghanistan for at least 10 years. The agreement was submitted to the Afghan Parliament, which approved it. However, the agreement was never submitted to, voted on, or approved by the Congress of the United States. (12) The United States continues to maintain a military presence of 8,400 troops in Afghanistan, and continues to annually spend roughly $43 billion of American taxpayers’ money there. That money funds, among other things, America’s 15-year-long effort to train and equip Afghan military and police forces, as well as a variety of reconstruction and foreign aid programs. (13) General Charles Krulak, 31st Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, has stated, Attempting to find a true military and political answer to the problems in Afghanistan would take decades, not years, and drain our nation of precious resources … with the most precious being our sons and daughters. Simply put, the U.S. cannot solve the Afghan problem … no matter how brave and determined our troops are. . (14) In a January 2017 article in the Wall Street Journal, Hamid Karzai, former President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004