John Kerry

The road ahead will not be easy, and the problems before us posed by Iran's behavior are urgent.

A government that does not respect the rights of its own people will find it increasingly difficult to win the respect that it professes to seek in the international community.

Sanctions and pressure are not an end in themselves. They are a complement, not a substitute, for the diplomatic solution.

Given Iran's dangerous progress, some will argue that engagement has been wasted.

When I was recently in Syria, President Assad talked to me about the possibilities for that kind of an opening.

These steps to increase pressure are necessary, not because we want to target Iran, but because Iran itself has decided to continue to defy the international community.

The top priority is our mission in Afghanistan and our ability to proceed forward, competently.

I have enormous respect for General McChrystal, I think he's a terrific soldier, and this is a critical moment in Afghanistan.

I think that this is very, very frustrating to all of us.

Only by combining both pressure and diplomacy into a comprehensive and coordinated strategy will we have a chance at altering Iran's behavior.

A nuclear-armed Iran would pose an intolerable threat to our ally, Israel, risk igniting an arms race.

We have troops on the front lines, we have a major mission that we're in the middle of.

I think it reinforces in the region, I think, the concerns of, you know, our partners not only in gulf but elsewhere.

The Administration strongly supports Senate advice and consent to U.S. ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention.

The clearer the administration can be, and the more supportive it can be of its special envoy, and have all of the voices pulling in a common policy direction, the greater our leverage is with Khartoum.

I think, in general, the more consistent a message that can come from the United States, the more effective the message will be on all parties in North and South.

We have to talk with them. And we have to do that based on principles.

We supported the Southerners' right to self-determination, and that's why we have the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that we have today.

I think we're poised to move.

We appreciate what you've conveyed to us today. I really mean that. Very, very compelling testimony, both of you.

I hope you'll be able to look back with pride and say that--when this gets done--you helped to make these services and devices and all of these possibilities available to everybody.

Well, we're certainly going to--I'm confident that we can get that done. I think that is achievable.

That's very interesting and fascinating the way it works.

How can we make the most difference here in technology?

Well, thank you very much, Mr. McCormick. I think we had a pretty stark example of how communication ends there momentarily where there was no caption, and people can imagine, therefore, for all those devices on which there is no caption…