John Kerry actually said...

"But as President of the United States, he also believes that his constitutional authority is vital and his ability as Commander in Chief to fully empower his military to be able to effect what he need..."

"Let me congratulate you on the formation of the government and your assumption of the responsibilities as prime minister."

"It is critical. Absolutely critical and the first steps have been taken. I believe he understands the challenge."

"What we've done is we've stop the onslaught that is what we were able to achieve with air power. They were moving towards Erbil and Baghdad. Baghdad could well have fallen. Erbil could have fallen. Th..."