John Kerry: “If -- if Afghanistan goes backwards, we are in serious trouble.”

There is no current proposal or plan that has been agreed to which would require us to do that.

No, that's not acceptable. And I believe it was an algorithm that kicked that out kind of crazily.

I think I am pursuing common sense for political right, political left, republican, democrat.

What we are trying to achieve now is really to establish some stability if we can, in the relationship, without conceding anything.