John Kerry actually said...

"I am very encouraged that various tribal figures in Anbar and Hawija... have come forward to offer to mobilize Sunni Arab fighters against the Islamic State."

"I mean, Iraq was on the brink 2 months ago, and many people were talking about, oh, my god, is it going to break up?"

"I do not think the American public, and I do not think Congress, will support the United States policing a region that will not police itself."

"The President absolutely, clearly, by almost any legal standard that I can imagine is not violating the Constitution."