Robert Menendez actually said...

"I sometimes become upset when I hear people say, well, you guys just need to develop a policy like we developed for the Soviet Union that can go from generation to generation, from decade to decade."

"We need to address the underlying and root causes of extremism and terrorism, whether it is civil unrest, lack of border controls, lack of socioeconomic opportunity in large parts of the Middle East a..."

"So your testimony, Mr. Olsen, was that this is a real threat to the United States..."

"Only by resolving the political conflicts there can we hope to remove ISIL from the picture permanently."