John Kerry actually said...

We have urged them, in fact, to try to reach out to the opposition and bring them into a greater degree to the governance.

We have a responsibility to always press for the growth of civil society.

The U.S. homeland will not be secure if violent extremists bent on attacking us find a safe haven.

The centrifuges are spinning, the clock is ticking, and they seem to be managing the sanctions that we have levied so far.