John Kerry

We negotiated with the Soviet Union. We negotiated with Red China.

People have an obligation to define what's the alternative? You're not going to sanction them into oblivion.

There are people who regrettably have just already automatically, politically decided I'm going to oppose this.

Iran's behavior is not going to change as part of this agreement.

This agreement is not based on trust. It is based on transparency and verification.

Upholding the integrity of the IAEA's PMD investigation is so vital right now.

Iran must come clean on its past nuclear weapons work, a demand repeatedly made by the administration.

I applaud their commitment to diplomacy and I appreciate their ability to negotiate significant limitations on enrichment and nuclear stockpiles.

Today Colombia is a critical ally for the United States. But despite Colombia's remarkable story and all that it has achieved as a nation, the country has continued to suffer the tragic effects of one of the longest running wars on the…

Ramadi's fall should lead our Nation's leaders to reconsider its indecisive policy and incoherent strategy.

Refusing to support the forces we train is not only ineffective, it is immoral.

Our goal is degrading and ultimately destroying ISIL, but neither strategy nor resources support this goal.

As Secretary Kerry has said on many occasions, we at the State Department view economic policy and foreign policy as two sides of the same coin.

We all have a stake in Somalia's success and the world cannot afford to have places on the map that are essentially ungoverned.

Secretary Kerry has also intensified diplomatic efforts for a political resolution to the Syrian conflict, resulting in progress last month in Vienna, where major stake-holders in Syria agreed to a set of basic principles on resolving the…

Inaction can also carry profound risks and costs for our national security.

I am quite concerned that if the United States walks away from this current agreement, as imperfect as it may be, that the rest of the world will blame us for doing so, not the Iranians.

We could, for example, tell Assad that the use of barrel bombs must end--and that if they continue, we will stop the Syrian air force from flying.

Russia's actions to bolster Assad increase the imperative of support for the moderate opposition and Syrian civilians.

What we do will have to pass muster with Congress. We well understand that.

It has to be verified. It has to be accountable.

The first President to ever mention radical Islam was Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary pirates.

This letter ignores more than two centuries of precedent in the conduct of American foreign policy.

To write to the leaders in the middle of a negotiation... to suggest that they are going to give a constitutional lesson, which, by the way was absolutely incorrect, is quite stunning.

We are today providing immediately some $75 million of additional nonlethal assistance immediately to Ukraine.