Ben Cardin actually said...

"I would just ask for your commitment that you would work with us and our staffs as we identify countries and individuals that we believe need to be considered for these types of sanctions."

"I have not seen a robust use of the Magnitsky sanctions in our hemisphere."

"It really is a critical moment, and I was listening to your response and I understand that you are collecting information."

"Lessons learned, as I see it, is that we have to have a strategy to make sure that our engagement does not reinforce the greed of corrupt leaders, and that was, I think, absent in Afghanistan."