Ben Cardin actually said...

"I agree with what you're saying, but I think the weakness of your position is that it appears to say that we're going to have a large international, primarily United States, military combat mission fo..."

"The question is, Who supplies the security? I understand the United States and international community have a responsibility for training, but ultimately, the security has to be provided by the Afghan..."

"Well, part of Senator Levin's point is that we need to significantly increase--and I think the administration has agreed on this--significantly increase the security forces, both military and police, ..."

"I'm not sure I agree that it's all or nothing. We do have combat troops there now."