WASHINGTON - June 23 - "The comments of General McChrystal and his aides were very troubling, and the president's decision to accept his resignation is appropriate.  But I continue to have strong concerns about our misguided policy in Afghanistan.  The massive, open-ended military operation in Afghanistan will cost a hundred billion dollars this year with no end in sight.  Meanwhile, al Qaeda continues to operate and recruit around the world.  After nine years, it is time to give the American people, as well as the people of Afghanistan, a timetable to end this war so our nation is better able to focus on the global threat posed by al Qaeda and its affiliates."

Senator Feingold is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee.