John Kerry actually said...

"I recognize the importance of Gilad Shalit to the Israeli people."

"The Obama administration, and the President himself, need to do a better job of talking to the Israeli people."

"the United States should stand for something. We carry weight. We are a major power, and yet our diplomacy sometimes doesn't conduct itself as a major power."

"I have heard--in Pakistan, in Afghanistan, in Sudan, in other parts of the world--the constant drumbeat of the way the Palestinians are treated, and of Israel-Palestine relations."