John F. Kerry: “If we put off fixing it today, it's going to become harder tomorrow, certainly more costly, and certainly more complex.”

I will continue to oppose every bad policy, to question every baseless assertion, and to advocate for a wiser course that will make our country more secure.

This is the most important part of this hearing, as far as I am concerned, so I apologize for not being able to listen to each of you.

Time and again, this administration has tried to leave the American people with the impression that Iraq has well over 100,000 fully trained, fully competent military police and personnel. And that is simply not true.

I apologize very much for being late. I expected to be on time, but I was meeting with some of the families, military families of kids who were in Iraq