John Kerry actually said...

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

"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."

"While Iran has, in common with the emerging international consensus, a strong interest in seeing ISIL defeated, we remain deeply concerned about many aspects of Iran's foreign policy in the region."

"The President rightly understands that it is vital to undercut extremist recruiting among the disaffected Sunni Arab population."