John Kerry actually said...

"This event enhances America's security and it brings us closer to our objective of dismantling and destroying al-Qaeda."

"the Taliban can't win, that's not the same as stability but, knowing that we will persevere to that extent."

"The death of Osama bin Laden is obviously an event of enormous consequence."

"the United States does not have a clear expression... we are not projecting, to anyone in Afghanistan, a clarity of purpose right now."