Ben Cardin actually said...

"The United States has a security budget that includes not only the Department of Defense, but our civilian efforts of diplomacy within the State Department."

"We are inexorably connected to the world."

"It is her unique ability to understand the world, but understand the people of the United States of America that she serves."

"I think my own view is that conditions are sometimes useful to focus the attention of the host government on what they need to do."