John Kerry

Let me say to my colleague, I do not contest that we at times have been lied to. I never asserted otherwise. I am trying to create a structure where we can create an accountability where there is not a lie. As I said at the outset of my…

I think one of the most important things here is to have accuracy in the representations. In point of fact, the Senator has not accurately represented documents that we have received. He said that we ought to listen to Senator Bob Kerrey…

General Vessey not only received a battlefield commission and served for 46 years, but I think people ought to focus that this is a man who fought in Vietnam and in Laos. He is a commander. He lives by the rule that you do not leave people…

If you care about the families, let us keep the process open. General Vessey got a battlefield commission in World War II at age 17, served in three wars, became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired with honor and dignity, and…

I believe you keep better faith with the families by guaranteeing we have a process in place that will allow us to get them answers than pushing us back into the dark ages of 1975 to 1988, when the families got no answers and lived in…

There is one thing that is important. My colleague said the President ought to make the decision. He has some amendment that purports to give the President the chance to make the decision. Please understand that our amendment, the…

The final comment I wanted to make was a tribute to my colleague, Senator Smith. At least from my point of view, and I believe truly from his, we have worked at this together and sometimes separately over the course of the last years. We…

I just wanted to make a couple of quick comments. No. 1, probably it does not need to be said, but I will say it anyway, Senator John McCain, who was a naval aviator, combat veteran who spent more than 6 years of his life in Hanoi in the…

Now, let me just say, Madam President, after I went to this dig, I flew up into the highlands. I landed in a place where our special forces used to work. There I saw the most remarkable sight. We landed in the midst of 2,000 Montagnard…

I would like to both agree and disagree with my friend from South Dakota. I clearly want to agree with him about our concern on the issue of proliferation. There are many in the U.S. Senate who have worked throughout their careers in the…

What needs to be underscored here is, first, this is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It does not mandate or bind us to anything. Second, I ask colleagues to measure what sense of the Senate it expresses. I read directly from the…