Bill Nelson actually said...

"I have been a strong proponent of benchmarks with metric measurements for Afghanistan and Pakistan."

"I would hope that we would do so, recognizing that from that point forward, that we would expect the Iraqi Government to pick up a bigger share of the cost that we would incur."

"I would hope that we would make that a part of the negotiations because that is what we would have to do."

"I don't have any indication of that, but just a general concern that perhaps their security is not sufficient for them to be able to self-govern."