Ben Cardin actually said...

I want to thank both of our nominees for their willingness to serve in a very important public position.

I am not sure that Congress envisioned that we would have the potential of ground troops in Northern Africa in combat missions.

would you agree that there is no congressional authorization for the use of military force against North Korea?

But the specific mission that they were participating in, as I understand it, went beyond that. Am I wrong on that?