John Kerry actually said...

"I think it's important for us to maybe take a step back and look at other countries that the United States made investments in over long periods of time."

"I think that the way this has been laid out, along with our allies, is the right way to proceed."

"I totally share your view that the Afghan women I've met and worked with are just among some of the most courageous people in the world."

"I think it's been in America's strategic interests and in America's values to have stood the test of time here."