John Kerry: “I wonder why the Senator does not feel that--recognizing the fact that the United Nations and the United States signed…”

“I wonder why the Senator does not feel that--recognizing the fact that the United Nations and the United States signed off on the location, and the location issue is sort of behind us--why the Senator would not feel that having an American presence there which, on a daily basis, raised the issue of Harry Wu before the conference, which required the conference to deal with Harry Wu's detention, which used this platform as a means of underscoring, would not be stronger than simply denying ourselves our own presence. It will not stop the conference. The conference will go on. Everyone else will be there. And they will not raise this issue necessarily as vociferously and as passionately as we might. So why would we not be better off directing our delegation to raise it on a daily basis and pass a resolution from this conference with respect to Harry Wu?”