Robert Menendez actually said...

"It just seems to me that when we create the impression that we are reassessing without action, then I think if I was the Iranians and my goal was theirs, that I would love all these reassessments."

"The G-8 has set the September meeting of the G-20 as supposedly a deadline for Iran to accept negotiations or face stronger sanctions."

"We need to do much more than that, and as we all have said, if we really want sanctions to be able to have a significant bite, they are going to have to be multilateral."

"The question is whether it is a determination that you can't, as Dr. Maloney said, you are not going to affect the outcome."