Robert Menendez actually said...

"Let me reiterate, finally, that the United States has no intention in interfering in the election process."

"Prolonged delay in concluding the BSA... can only diminish the prospect that these pledges will be fully met."

"Without continued international military and economic support, Afghanistan risks falling back into civil war."

"Do not bluff the Americans. The Americans were willing to stay in Iraq. We told them we did not want them."