John Kerry

Security throughout most of the country is as bad as it's been at any time since the ouster of the Taliban.

Casualty rates have risen for American troops, for our coalition partners, for Afghan security forces, and especially for Afghan civilians.

The situation in both countries obviously remains challenging.

A new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan is essential for our national security.

The bill that Senator Lugar and I propose will help provide the 'hold' and 'build' parts of Pakistan's counterinsurgency strategy.

I've held many hearings over the years to examine how we can best address the crises in Somalia and am hopeful that today's hearing will look at the situation in Somalia from a new light, ensuring any short-term measures we may take to…

We must take steps now to seriously and consistently engage at senior levels with the transitional government in Mogadishu.

For months now I have encouraged the Obama administration to engage at the highest possible level to help establish stability and inclusive governance in Somalia.

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We must focus our military assistance on the tools, training and support that Pakistan needs to root out the terrorists but we will not, and cannot provide a blank check.

By increasing economic and educational opportunities, expanding the reach of quality health care, reinforcing human rights--particularly women's rights--and empowering civil society, we will increase the opportunities for millions of…

Our engagement has to be aimed at building a long-term strategic partnership and must be conducted in a way that respects and enhances the Pakistani people's pursuit of a prosperous economy, a stronger democracy, and a vibrant civil…

This legislation's authorization of $1.5 billion in foreign assistance to Pakistan, every year for 5 fiscal years, underscores the United States long-term commitment to Pakistan and its people.

I support passage of the Kerry-Lugar legislation as originally proposed.

We cannot win--we just can't do--"win" is the wrong word. We cannot succeed in doing what we need to do to ultimately get our troops home and to have an independent Afghan security capacity if we're alienating people the way we are.

None of the great problems facing the world can be solved without the United States, but we cannot solve any of these problems on our own.

Your leadership has helped shape the global debate on these issues, and we will need your wise counsel going forward.

There isn't a corner of the globe that's been untouched by the administration's diplomatic initiatives.

It's been heartening to see diplomacy restored to its rightful place, at the forefront of American foreign policy.

Even President Obama and senior officials of the Administration have called for better use of the Nation's wireless spectrum.

Senator Kerry and I have introduced legislation that calls for a comprehensive and accurate inventory of how the spectrum managed by both NTIA and the FCC are currently being used.

All of America has got to be connected.

We ought to be grabbing this stuff and getting it done.

It's absurd that, in the United States of America in 2009, you can produce electricity out in California, but you can't get it to other parts of the country.

We ought to be in the hunt for these projects all over the world.