John Kerry

We have exceeded expectations on the core goal of defeating al-Qaeda--killing more than half of its top 30 leaders, including Osama Bin Laden.

By 2014, this process of transition will be complete, and the Afghan people will be responsible for their security.

I think it's been in America's strategic interests and in America's values to have stood the test of time here.

I totally share your view that the Afghan women I've met and worked with are just among some of the most courageous people in the world.

I think that the way this has been laid out, along with our allies, is the right way to proceed.

I think it's important for us to maybe take a step back and look at other countries that the United States made investments in over long periods of time.

It's time for Afghans to take control of their own future.

You don't end wars by talking only to people with whom you agree or who are good actors.

The ability to reap the surge dividend and to bring home 33,000 troops over the next months is I think--and I think people will agree with me--a testament to the courage and the sacrifices of our young men and women in uniform and their…

Last night the President kept the commitment that he made to the American people 18 months ago at West Point.

Because of the gains made in Afghanistan in the intervening months, and I believe from a position of strength, the President was able to lay out the next phase of our strategy.

No number of troops will resolve the challenge of Afghanistan. Every military leader has said there is no military solution.

Egypt has historically been the region's most important incubator of ideas, and now it is at the forefront of the new Arab Awakening.

How Egypt manages its transition from dictatorship to democracy, and how it restructures its economy, will affect not only the country's 80 million citizens, but it's also going to affect millions of others throughout the region.

Its importance to regional strategic issues, particularly to the peace process with Israel and Palestine, can't be overstated.

I do not think our limited involvement rises to the level of hostilities defined by the War Powers Resolution.

I think that all key decisions, whether in the government or private sector, should take into account cost-effectiveness.

I believe that NOAA plays an important role in the Department by serving as the Nation's premier operational science agency.

Would you be willing to establish, I guess under your own aegis, if you were to undertake to put together this task force.

I want to ask you, will you commit to coming up to our state, spend a day, half a day, whatever you can with us, to meet with our fishermen.

I want to give Gary Locke and his team credit, because they worked very hard with us.

I'm kind of tired of hearing about the odorous tax rates that corporations are paying in America, when in fact they don't pay those rates.

You can't do what we have to do for the country without revenue. Plain and simple.

It would help a lot to provide certainty if we could get a little less ideological rigidity, and get an agreement on the budget fast.

I am an outspoken supporter of ways to increase access to foreign markets for our exporters.