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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

I hope you will lay out a plan that will convince us that you are serious about doing the things you said you were going to do to the American people and to us about ISIL because you have not done it now.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

The moderate opposition recently restated its commitment as a national movement to fighting extremism generally and including ISIL.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

The President will not put American ground troops into Iraq, and the President made it clear again today.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

ISIS is a brutal terrorist organization. It must be stopped.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

I remember the hours we sat in the situation room in the White House working with our brilliant military.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

Keep in mind my statement referred to the outlook 2 years ago.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

Military power is one tool, one among many tools, that will be needed to bring stability to the region.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

Not only are our goals the same, Mr. Chairman, but we know you are thinking about retooling the AUMF, and we welcome.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

I was very encouraged to hear that Saudi Arabia's top clerics came out and declared terrorism a 'heinous crime' under Sharia law.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

Helping those units, right now, around Aleppo could secure supply routes and boost the morale of the moderate fighters.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

He conditioned big American help on the Iraqis finding a political deal to set up a new government.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

I wish you would extend the huge gratitude of the administration and of the world for this incredible job well done.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

I was talking with people in one of the Middle Eastern countries who traveled to Syria on our behalf.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

What has propelled ISIS to some degree is a word called success.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

I would like to hear how that is coinciding.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

We are clear-eyed about the fact that any strategy against ISIL would only succeed with a strong, inclusive government in Iraq.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

A sustainable solution requires a new Syrian government via negotiations between Syrians with outside encouragement.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 16, 2014

I do not know how you negotiate with an entity that beheads Americans.

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