Ben Cardin actually said...

There is no substitute for the United States, as the people of the Philippines would probably agree, given our response.

Emphasizes the importance of U.S. engagement in global humanitarian efforts.

11/18/2013

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it is an absolute essential U.S. ally and critical to regional stability and frankly critical to Israel's defense.

In Iraq, we had in 2011 a check-the-box mentality. We are done with Iraq and obviously we are back in in a different way now.

I think we are taking steps to----

I would encourage you to do that.