John Kerry actually said...

The administration has strongly condemned these unjustified and unacceptable attacks.

We have a unanimous resolution of the United Nations Security Council--China, Russia, all the rest--calling for immediate humanitarian acces...

the world cannot stand by, and certainly the United States could not stand by, and watch such a crisis unfold if the Government did not take...

this will be a chance to put this issue high on the radar screen of the two leaders.