Ben Cardin actually said...

"The men and women who are serving under extremely difficult circumstances are the best in the history of America."

"Do we have a matrix? Do we have specific objectives, benchmarks, whatever you want to call them, that we will be using to determine where we are next summer, as to whether we are prepared to withdraw?"

"How do you hold them accountable? What do you do if you find corruption?"

"I would just urge you that we need to have a system that promotes best practices, but we also--"