John Kerry actually said...

Let me assure you the President of the United States didn't wake up one day and just kind of flippantly say, 'Let's go take military action ...

If we choose not to act, we will be sending a message to Iran of American ambivalence, American weakness.

President Obama's first priority throughout this process has been and is diplomacy.

He and his regime made a choice, and President Obama believes, and all of us at this table believe, that we have no choice but to respond.