John Kerry actually said...

"We are all concerned about the readiness of our military, and I hear it in different places."

"I think we need to, as I said in my opening statement as forcefully as I can, what has brought us to this discussion at the U.N. now is the potential of this force, and we don't want to take it off th..."

"My role is to provide the President options about how we could employ military force."

"the risk of not acting is much greater than the risk of acting."