John Kerry

I urge you to pass the President's AUMF because it provides the necessary authority and flexibility to wage our current campaign.

Responding to the threat posed by ISIL is just not a partisan issue, at least it should not be.

But what a mistake it would be to send a message to Daesh that there are safe havens, that there is somehow just a two-country limitation.

The United States is still willing to negotiate with Russia a series of nuclear reductions that would take us below the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) Treaty levels.

TPA is critical to the ability to have those agreements because other countries will--their leaders will not make the difficult political decisions necessary.

If we don't get this kind of an agreement written to the higher standards of international business behavior, it will go down.

We are deeply engaged still. With the President's consent, I appointed former Senator Gary Hart to be engaged in those talks.

I think this may be even tied to the prospects of the potential election that may or may not take place in the DRC.

We have to operate under international law. This authorization is specifically targeted against ISIS itself.

They do this for power and for the extension of their leaders for their misguided notion of their caliphate.

There is a component of it that is a distorted sense of Islam.

You are absolutely correct. It does, and I think the amount--I think we have got about 300--if I recall, it is some $390 million that is going to go into--there are two separate initiatives here.

We do not negotiate for ransom. That is our policy.

Bergdahl was a member of the military who was being held as a prisoner of a conflict.

What you have today... you have complications of tribes all over the place with different agenda.

We are actually elevating the capacity.

We believe his incarceration is both unjust, unwarranted, unfair, counterproductive to our efforts, and we have made that case.

Would it be helpful for Congress to work with the administration to lay out specifically what the ramifications would be in that instance?

I would ask if you can confirm that any deal can only be agreed upon if it provides for anytime, anywhere, inspections.

I would like to know what those were and what it says about Iranian intentions for a long-term agreement if they are already violating those terms.

The President ought to be able to unite. The American people ought to be able to speak with one voice to say, 'We are going to go out'...

While Putin may be achieving the short-term stuff, the long term is a problem.

I think Colombia is a leader as a result, and I think other countries are saying, 'You know, maybe we are missing out.'

We are doing this in order to try to help facilitate, if it is possible, because they believe that the United States could be very helpful as a friend and a partner.

I think one of the things that will happen with our diplomatic presence, frankly, is an ability to help mobilize that, and we ought to.