John Kerry actually said...

"I think some of them are obviously helping. And it is interesting, because what many of us have been saying in our criticism over the last two years was exactly what we were hearing from the Iraqis an..."

"The fact is that you ought to be able to put more people out there to protect Iraqis in the Iraqi streets. And I don't think you need Americans doing some of the patrols that they are doing."

"It's why intelligence that they knew was wrong was used in order to exaggerate the situation, that is still unacknowledged and unresolved."

"I'm not asking even for the specific timetable of withdrawal. I'm asking for a specific timetable of transfer of authority, of transfer of responsibility, of the shift and the setting of the benchmark..."