Ben Cardin actually said...

"I hope to gain insight into this issue during the hearing today, because our young men and women in uniform and their families deserve to be fully informed as to what they are fighting for and when th..."

"I think it is just the reverse with Mr. Putin. I think he likes having a proxy of Iran in Syria."

"It is beyond reasonable expectations that Syria would have traditionally free and fair elections in the near future."

"I am deeply disappointed, and I share the chairman's concern, that the Department of Defense declined this committee's invitation to testify."