John Kerry actually said...

Cautious optimism may be appropriate given recent developments.

Make no mistake. It is the leaders in Khartoum and Juba who must choose between a future of conflict and poverty or a future of security and...

the world cannot stand by, and certainly the United States could not stand by, and watch such a crisis unfold if the Government did not take...

this will be a chance to put this issue high on the radar screen of the two leaders.