Robert Menendez actually said...

"It is clearly in the U.S. interests, and it is a strong component of our foreign policy objectives, to ensure that democracy and human rights are key factors in the countries that we have relations wi..."

"You cannot have a military state and expect to have stability."

"I also think there has to be a little intellectual honesty here about how much is necessary to compete if we think that that is a national security strategy."

"the leaders of those countries felt overwhelmed by Russian propaganda and felt that to them it was an arm as powerful as any of the military aspects"