Ben Cardin actually said...

"It is my understanding that the difference between 22 percent and 28 percent is not our share in the global economy."

"the more transparency, the better for the U.N."

"We are getting a lot out of the 100,000-plus troops who are active in these conflict areas."

"It is hard to imagine sustained public support for a hypothetical situation wherein U.S. combat units were deployed to five or 10 peacekeeping operations abroad."