Ben Cardin actually said...

"And what is your confidence in the Government of Iraq and Baghdad and its ability to work with the Sunni tribal leaders to give them that type confidence that their centralized government represents t..."

"You are urging us to be patient, that this is going to take some time in order to achieve our mission of not only degrading, but destroying and defeating ISIL."

"We cannot believe anything President Putin says about his intentions."

"I would urge on the governance piece, which I think is going to be the most challenging considering the history of corruption, et cetera, that there be ways that we can evaluate whether progress, in f..."