Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think it is important that we start not with tactics but, as Senator Cardin said, with our objectives."

"We need to focus on not just preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon--I think that remains our top priority with respect to Iran--but also countering the Iranian threat to regional stability."

"I think we also need to take steps to more explicitly counter Iran's anti-access/area denial, A2AD, strategy in the Gulf."

"Certainly all the signals that we are getting recently is that is being done, that there is much better direct conversations particularly among the sharing of intelligence information and strategies a..."