Ben Cardin actually said...

I think it is important, when senior officials travel to Turkey, to continue meeting with those who are fighting for democracy.

Obviously, the urgency of dealing with the security issues, terrorism, our military-to-military--those issues become dominant in our debate,...

I think that the private diplomacy that we conduct and whatever public criticism we have leveled against the Government of Turkey in the pas...

The question is was there a better way of handling this with Turkey.