John Kerry

What is important here also is for the world to see that the United States Congress is uniting in a significant vote.

Now, 'enduring' in our mind means no long-term offensive combat of a large scale.

Our highest priority in the State Department is protecting our people.

We talked about the need for enforcement frankly for their help to close borders, to prevent people from moving.

We will continue to consult closely with you as our efforts progress.

We cannot trust these people in that government for 1 second.

You know this better than anybody in the Senate, Senator Markey.

I made the decision with the President's consent to do the drawdown in Yemen because we were not able to do diplomacy.

It is up to us, and that is my message for my opening statement.

It is institutionalizing the notion that Congress is either unwilling or incapable of making a decision and choices.

I absolutely guarantee you that well more than 50 percent of the history of this era will be written off that 1 percent and off the things we do or do not choose to do in terms of foreign affairs.

We are requesting $1 billion to help our friends in Central America make the difficult reforms required.

President Obama has made it clear that Iran will not obtain a nuclear weapon.

We had a counterterrorism summit this past week, last week, which really underscored how big a challenge this is.

Sequestration is depriving the United States of America, the world's most powerful nation on the face of the planet and the world's richest nation.

I believe we legitimately--I mean, you may disagree with how we are doing in Libya at this particular moment or you may think something more should have been going on in Syria.

We have pressed the DRC Government at every opportunity and at the very highest levels, including during Secretary Kerry's meetings with President Kabila last May and August, to lift the suspension immediately for families who have already…

The United States provides significant support to civil society groups and organizations in Syria with the goals of fostering a robust, inclusive and tolerant society.

We have repeatedly called for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini, who is serving an 8 year prison sentence on charges related to his religious beliefs.

It is one of the reasons Ebola is a problem, for instance. There is just no infrastructure there.

Well, you will review it. Of course, you will review it.

The greatest wreaking of havoc of all, and the most destabilizing thing, would be if, in fact, you had a nuclear armed Iran.

If we can't have a serious conversation about this without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for 1 day, we are in trouble.

I look forward to that.

If this ceasefire doesn't work, what will Europe do beyond sanctions in response to protect Ukraine?