John Kerry

Until now, no intelligence has been shared with the Egyptian investigators into this event.

There is absolutely nothing that could do more to fight Daesh than to achieve a political transition that strengthens the governance capacity of Syria.

Our task is to chart a course out of hell.

The United States is committed to taking in more Syrian refugees

The goal of this negotiation was to reduce or eliminate Iran's nuclear threat.

I don't trust Iran. I expect that the Iranians will cheat.

Iran has not been a responsible nation.

This is going to be a journey.

Justice is not just a matter of having the right laws on the books. We have to back those words with resources, strategies, and actions that produce the right result.

If Congress rejects the deal, it would show Iran 'America is not going to negotiate in good faith.'

If Congress were to vote no on this, it would be screwing the Ayatollah.

We have to think, What are our--what policy will we adopt?

Their need to be reassured is not out of some sort of case of nerves; they are actually accurately reading the regional impact of this agreement.

We can expect greater instability in response to that.

We will have to construct a long-term strategic deterrent to convince the Iranian government that it is not in its interest to pursue a nuclear weapons program.

The more effective strategy at this point is to coerce them through negotiations.

The most significant, in my judgment, is that while Iran's program will be frozen for a decade, the superstructure of its nuclear apparatus will remain intact.

We will not rush and we will not be rushed.

Are we going to say, 'Well, we can't really take a strong line against Assad, Iran's client, in Syria...?'

President Obama and his team will need to reassure Congress about the effectiveness and credibility of these initiatives.

We remain vigilant against threats to regional stability from Iran.

We are certainly concerned that Iran continues to violate the UN sanctions imposed against it.

The United States has the ability to re-impose both unilateral and multilateral nuclear-related sanctions in the event of non-performance by Iran.

The JCPOA is a strong non-proliferation deal that cuts off all of Iran's pathways to a bomb.

If Congress were to override a veto on a resolution of disapproval and the United States walked away from this deal, the most likely scenario would be that Iran would refuse to meet its commitments under the JCPOA.