John Kerry actually said...

"We have to weigh our choices against what is possible."

"The purpose of our mission, is what the President said it was: To prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven or sanctuary for al-Qaeda."

"The future course of our mission in Afghanistan has become one of the most important and one of the most difficult questions that we face."

"I am concerned because, at the very moment when our troops and our allies' troops are sacrificing more and more, our plan, our path, our progress seem to be growing less and less clear."