John Kerry: “I apologize to my colleagues. I know this has been previously scheduled, and I know the importance of what the Senator…”

“I apologize to my colleagues. I know this has been previously scheduled, and I know the importance of what the Senator from New York is talking about, and the majority leader, and I completely agree with their comments and would like to share some thoughts on that at another moment. But at this particular moment, we are privileged to welcome here a great friend of the United States, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key. New Zealand is a country that is in enormous partnership with us at this time, assisting in Afghanistan, engaged in transpacific trade deliberations with us, and in many other ways contributing to one of the strongest and best global partnerships we have ____________________”