Robert Menendez actually said...

"Finally, Secretary Carter, over the weekend, Boko Haram in Nigeria declared its allegiance to ISIL."

"I would like to believe that it is only to fight ISIL. But I do not believe that their purposes at the end of the day--we have different goals as it relates to Iraq."

"If, in fact, your campaign as presently designed needs to morph, change, to the realities of what is happening, do you believe the authorization will allow you to do that?"

"But even without an Iraq or Afghanistan-sized commitment still can commit thousands of troops for a long period of time."