John Kerry

Senator Kerry charged this group with making recommendations to better connect entrepreneurial resources with child care providers.

The child care lending pilot that was offered by Senator Kerry

Only if the Government of Burma makes progress toward these goals will it be possible to improve our bilateral relationship.

We will continue to press for the unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners.

An improved United States-Burma relationship will require real progress on democracy and human rights.

This is an opportunity for Burma, if it is ready to move forward.

I believe the United States should support this positive progress, while still remaining clear-eyed about the risks ahead.

A passive wait-and-see approach is a recipe for failure.

I see no reason for the United States to repeal sanctions until we see real, irreversible progress and an end to widespread abuses.

The contributions so far from SADC members, especially South Africa, have not been sufficient to the task.

The only practical option for the United States is to find creative ways of supporting democratic forces, technocratic reforms, and economic recovery.

First, the United States should maintain targeted sanctions until it is clear that those people on the list are no longer working to actively undermine U.S. interests in the region.

It demonstrates to the Afghan population that the United States and allied presence is not an occupation.

I certainly support it. And I hope Afghanistan will be on the agenda, that the Iranians will take a strategic look at their own interests.

I believe that the establishment of Afghan sovereignty, by which I mean enabling Afghans to exercise self-rule through Afghan institutions that can provide their own security, governance, and revenue-raising capability, provides the…

This is not winnable by military means.

This will allow the drawdown. It requires, in my view, three other components.

The prescriptions ranged from dramatically reducing the footprint to expanding our commitment of troops and money.

I think that over the last years we have not had a clear strategy for the civilian component--for governance and development.

It is the President, as Senator Lugar said, who must show the way.

I think President Obama could not have made a better choice for FEMA.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to be able to introduce a terrific son of Massachusetts.

A light footprint is a more sustainable footprint.

The danger facing, I believe, the United States and the international community, at the moment, is that we're going to lurch from troop increases to withdrawal, from engagement to isolation.

The purpose of our mission, is what the President said it was: To prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven or sanctuary for al-Qaeda.