Ben Cardin actually said...

"Lessons learned, as I see it, is that we have to have a strategy to make sure that our engagement does not reinforce the greed of corrupt leaders, and that was, I think, absent in Afghanistan."

"I have been to Poplar Island many times."

"We are getting very close to passing legislation that will set up a tier rating system."

"This is exactly what the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should be doing on oversight."