Ben Cardin actually said...

It is clear that there may well be a need for a continued military U.S. presence beyond that 3 years.

Cardin acknowledges potential need for extended U.S. military presence against ISIL.

02/24/2015

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If Russia's activities in Ukraine go unchallenged, does this raise the concern that China could use that as an example for its own military ...

It is critically important that the United States...use our relationships to improve the relationship between those two countries.

I think it is important that, if we are all sincere, we are trying to move forward with this relocation, which is absolutely essential.

The last several budgets by the Obama administration have tried to balance that to reflect the priority in Asia.