John Kerry

As cochair of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, on May 26 I led a letter to President Obama urging the sale of 66 F-16 C/D aircraft to address the military imbalance in the Taiwan Strait.

Thanks to Senator Kerry's intervention, I was transferred to a community-based Warrior Transition Unit at Hanscom Air Force Base.

The hard core of the Taliban are religious fanatics.

Senator Kerry talked about the political space that has opened up for the possibility of reconciliation.

The history of negotiations with religious fanatics, particularly ones with delusions of grandeur, is not encouraging.

The United States is committed, capable, and unrelenting in its pursuit of those who seek to do us harm.

We need to understand the threat that al-Qaeda and the Taliban pose to our national security.

Three-quarters of Afghans favor a political solution, and this is very important.

Osama bin Laden may have been at the center of it all, but his death does not signal the end of terrorism.

I was a proponent of counterterrorism plus, if for no other reason than to diminish our dependence on Pakistan.

We refuse to accept the notion that somehow we can have strong relations with only one country in South Asia at a time . . . the only `hyphen' that we will pursue with respect to our relationship is the one that links the United States and…

It will be tested across the Middle East where revolutions which are only just beginning will be as consequential in their own way for global order as 1989 was for Europe and Eurasia.

It is a world in which other people and other societies will inevitably have their own realities, not always identical to ours.

We are, as we know, at a really important transitional moment in history, one of those moments that you get every so often.

It is a mistake to underestimate our enduring strengths and our capacity to do big and difficult things.

I look forward, if confirmed, to doing all I can to help President Obama and Secretary Clinton meet all these tests.

Ultimately, the lack of a resolution to this conflict harms Israel, harms the Palestinians, and harms the interests of the U.S. and the international community.

The drive for a lasting peace that ends the conflict and resolves all claims is more urgent than ever.

The status quo between Israelis and Palestinians is not sustainable.

The holistic approach represented in Kerry-McCain is more effective, and does not disadvantage new technologies.

I rejected the notion that there is a choice, fundamental choice that needs to be made between innovation and protecting privacy.

We salute the work of Senators Kerry and McCain to develop a comprehensive approach to this issue.

I think this helps to underscore why you need that basic standard and code of privacy.

So are apps that are operating on iPhones or on Android phones first parties or third parties?

Because under State law, those kinds of things may be available, or there may be no inhibition to sharing them.