Ben Cardin actually said...

"If the host country believes that they are always going to have a partner regardless of their own activities, you lose the ability to change the underlying problems within that country."

"if you have a corrupt regime and you are doing some good work in that country, but at least part of that is going to support a corrupt regime, are you prepared to pull out?"

"I think speaking out more publicly against some of these violations, but also taking actions that can assure or reassure the vast majority of Africans in these countries that when the United States sa..."

"I am not satisfied that the United Nations has done everything it needs to do."