John Kerry actually said...

"They believe that they can advance their causes, human rights groups can advance their causes much better and more quickly with the passage of PNTR."

"Given the litany of aggressive acts that Russia has taken against the United States and the United States' interests, would giving them permanent normal trade relations status and WTO accession not be..."

"The new START treaty might be one place to talk about, given the fact that new START reductions represented unilateral U.S. reductions but did nothing to address Russia's massive numerical superiority..."

"Then we see Russian support for despicable regimes like Syria, in the face of mass atrocities that President Assad has committed against his own people."