John Kerry

We know what needs to happen. And so we are using as many tools and levers as we can.

I think everybody came away impressed by the seriousness of purpose, the articulate presentation of an agenda, and the commitment to democracy and to values and principles that I think our country could willingly and happily support.

The War Powers Act has not been observed.

Reaching in and taking those resources and then distributing them in an uncertain way.

Qadhafi must go and that there is clearly an end game here.

I think as we said from the beginning that it is essential that both Colonel Qadhafi and all those around him understand that there are consequences for what they are doing and that they will be held accountable.

Somehow, now we've gotten ourselves to the position where we're not talking anymore about an accelerated transition to an Afghan-led operation in July 2011; we've now moved to 2014.

The Karzai government has not been as enthusiastic about decentralization as we have been

President Obama, I think, in that national security order, talked about July 11 being the date for an accelerated transition.

I think one threshold needs to be restated as we consider the options, and that is that it is fundamentally unsustainable to continue spending $10 billion a month on a massive military operation with no end in sight.

What is necessary is a presence that puts Afghans in charge, pressing them to step up to the task, at the same time secures our interests and accomplishes our mission, which hasn't changed, even with the death of Osama bin Laden.

I do think that we ought to be working toward achieving the smallest footprint possible in Afghanistan.

But, despite our best efforts, there are challenges: corruption, predatory behavior, incompetence still evident within the Afghan army and police.

Osama bin Laden's death was more than a critical triumph in our fight against terrorism.

The future of the security forces is only part of the discussion of what kind of Afghan state we can afford to leave behind.

Let me be clear, I don't know of any serious policy person who believes that a unilateral precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan would somehow serve our interests or anybody's interests.

It is absolutely urgent that civilian assistance that has been pledged by the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill should not become the casualty of these strains in the relationship.

We would encourage the United States to play a more active role in supporting the efforts of the Pakistan and Indian Governments to achieve a long-term, stable, and sustainable peace.

One hundred and twenty billion dollars is the budget for Afghanistan. But we have got a pittance going into Pakistan.

I would urge Congress and the Obama administration to support democratic reform that this elected government in Pakistan has actually taken.

This is a particularly challenging moment in terms of American foreign policy.

There are few countries as important to our national security right now as Pakistan.

The Taliban can't win, that's not the same as stability but, knowing that we will persevere to that extent.

The United States does not have a clear expression... we are not projecting, to anyone in Afghanistan, a clarity of purpose right now.

The death of Osama bin Laden is obviously an event of enormous consequence.