John Kerry

I believe that if you give those concepts of 'verifiable, measurable, reportable' the life that they can be given, we are going to see very significant emissions reductions from China.

The message is clear. America is no more likely to enter into a legally binding global solution in 2009 than it was back in the 1990s.

America understands that we have an obligation to lead, as the historical largest emitter.

Either we're going to create the necessary momentum right now... leading into Copenhagen to galvanize a legitimate global response or we truly risk a global catastrophe.

We must also continue to look for ways to enhance our security by helping others destroy weapons of mass destruction, such as the successful effort to help destroy chemical weapons in Russia, which you, Senator Lugar, most recently…

We are asking today that the Committee move expeditiously to pass the legislation drafted last year by Senators Kerry and Snowe as an amendment to the DoD Authorization Bill.

Thanks to Senator Pryor, we reformed the CPSC last year, and they do have money.

Military support alone will not be sufficient to meet the threat of extremism in Pakistan.

So, fundamentally, the question is, Are we going to stay or go? And are we patient enough to see that through?

I think we know how to do this; meaning, the kinds of things, Senator Lugar, you were talking about.

The programs outlined in the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 can serve as an important demonstration of our Nation's enduring commitment to the government and people of Pakistan.

Pakistan is crucial to our success in Afghanistan.

We must make every effort to eliminate civilian casualties, not only because this is the right thing to do but also because it deprives the Taliban of a propaganda tool.

Our ongoing engagement with Pakistan is yielding, and will continue to yield; promise.

We can't let them or their al-Qaeda cohorts have it.

The war in Iraq has taught us things about counterinsurgency warfare we might never have discovered otherwise.

We have a chance here to demonstrate America's friendship and concern for the people in the communities of Pakistan.

We believe we can put our relationship with Pakistan on an entirely new foundation.

We need to create a new strategy.

We must also devise a more sophisticated counternarcotics strategy.

To leave Afghanistan to the capacity of al-Qaeda to simply return... would be far, far more dangerous for the world.

The Obama administration recognizes the challenge, which is why it has set forth a clear and limited goal of not allowing Afghanistan to again become a safe haven for al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups that seek to attack us.

Deploying an additional 17,700 troops to Afghanistan is necessary to reverse the tide and prevent the Taliban insurgency from gaining unstoppable momentum.

Support has been rapidly falling for America and for the international community and for the Kabul government.

The Afghan people have little affection for the Taliban; that is very, very clear.