Robert Menendez actually said...

"I think that everybody knows over the next 6 months, actually between now and April, it is a very important time in Afghanistan."

"The future stability of Afghanistan rests on the peaceful transition of political authority in the course of 2014."

"I cannot stress enough the importance of a successful and democratic political transition next year."

"As long as the Afghan people and their government want the United States as a partner, we do not intend to leave Afghanistan."