John Kerry

It is imperative that he address the nation and announce, with grace and leadership, his understanding of the expression that his people are making.

I believe it is vital for President Mubarak to help to transform this moment into the new Egypt and the new future for Egypt.

In today's Belarus, civil liberties are sharply restricted in almost every way imaginable.

I went to demonstrate the U.S. Government's support for the people of Belarus.

I went at the behest of Secretary Clinton to deliver a strong message to the government about the mounting outrage in the international community.

Since Aleksandr Lukashenko rose to power in 1994... he has consolidated virtually all power into his own hands.

It has been an incredible team effort by an awful lot of people over the course of a lot of months. I wish to thank all of them for their involvement. Senator Lugar has been an unbelievable partner and a visionary with respect to these…

I think the reason is that there is a fundamental flaw in the approach of this particular amendment and the others we have had because they seek to prevent the treaty from going into force. The language says 'prior to the entry into force…

I thank the Senator. This is a constructive amendment. We all agree that we need to reduce tactical nuclear weapons. Everybody who testified to us reiterated the importance of that being the next step in terms of our relationship and…

I understand that the Senator, in our conversation earlier, was going to try to see if the other two could also make the same decision he has made so we, in effect, have one on the treaty itself.

I think every Senator here is absolutely convinced we need to have the strongest verification regime possible. The fact is that this treaty, the New START treaty, has exactly that. It has an effective verification system. Does it have a…

I don't know where this constant questioning of the triad keeps coming from, because the Secretary of Defense, in testimony as well as in letters, not to mention the Defense Department through the Joint Chiefs and then others, have…

With respect to the issue of cheating, what he said was he didn't think there would be anything militarily significant. Again, this is material we could go into, which we will probably, in the classified session. But I just want that…

I just want to be clear. The Senator read my words accurately, which were the quote of the general who said ``militarily significant.'' I don't think he said that.

I think that would help a lot of people. I thank the Senator from South Dakota for his amendment. It is one that is worthy of some discussion. Obviously, some of that discussion is going to have to take place in the context of a classified…

I accept that. The point I am trying to make is, we have allowed each of the prior amendments to come to an up- or-down vote. We have not tabled them, which is an often-used practice, as everybody knows. We could have debated all last…

I thank the Senator from Wyoming for a grounding moment in the Senate. We are enormously appreciative of his words. I especially know what he was saying because my wife and I had the pleasure of welcoming a young grandchild about a month…

I said if it is in the four corners of the treaty and has fundamental operative impact on us, I would say, OK, we have to go back and do it. That is not the case here. We are talking about an innocuous, nonbinding, and a recognition of an…

The process is that it goes from us under any circumstances, if we have acted on it, to the Government of Russia. The Government of Russia makes the decision as to whether they are going to negotiate and whether it is a substantive kind of…

Admiral Mullen says: We believe that the Phased Adaptive Approach will adequately protect our European allies and deployed forces, provide the best long-term approach to ballistic missile defense in Europe, and support applying…

I think the President of the United States--when he speaks and puts something in writing, in whatever form, or tells a Senator to his face, then gives him his word, that is pretty meaningful where I come from.

The United States is committed to improving United States strategic defensive capabilities both quantitatively and qualitatively during the period that the New START Treaty is in effect, and such improvements are consistent with the…

But the point I am trying to make is, it doesn't seem worth trying to have that fight--I mean, if this were a matter that went to the core and essence of where we are heading with the treaty, I would say that is different. But it is not…

I agree. But the bottom line is, the Senator has agreed with my statement that we have to go back to the Russians, and that means this treaty doesn't go into force. It also means you don't know what other parts of the negotiation come…

I would point out to him that actually the Russians have helped Israel by cooperating with us. As a result of this cooperative arrangement we reached, they refused to sell the S-300 air interceptor missile to the Iranians, and that…