Ben Cardin actually said...

"I would just urge you that we need to have a system that promotes best practices, but we also--"

"Do we have a matrix? Do we have specific objectives, benchmarks, whatever you want to call them, that we will be using to determine where we are next summer, as to whether we are prepared to withdraw?"

"The men and women who are serving under extremely difficult circumstances are the best in the history of America."

"If there are moneys being taken through corruption, it's going to cost the American taxpayer and the international community and Afghans themselves more than it should."