Ben Cardin actually said...

I think it is particularly important for U.S. leadership to be pretty focused and clear in Chicago.

I think the signal that is being sent is that we are slowing down the formal expansion of NATO for many reasons and many legitimate reasons.

But our bottom line point is no one should see this summit as somehow the end of enlargement or some different priority.

I think there must be some disappointment that the summit will not be an enlargement summit.