Ben Cardin actually said...

"I for one do not want to give up on the Arusha Accords."

"There has been more than one documented instance of ethnically-based mass killings in Burundi since independence."

"We have consistently condemned all violence, whether committed by government or non-government actors."

"We put a great deal of confidence in the Arusha Accords because it dealt with some of the fundamental problems of the country."