John Kerry

We agree with you that it is better to have a new AUMF.

We need to summon that same determination to find the common ground here in Washington.

It will be years, not months, before it is defeated.

It is important that this committee lead the Congress and the country

Congress, rather than the Executive, has the responsibility and the authority to authorize military action and to declare war for these very reasons.

Absolutely we will continue it because we believe we have full authority under the 2001 AUMF and parts of the 2002.

The President has said all along he wants an AUMF, and there is nothing in the law that requires the administration to be the initiator of that.

This is obviously not a partisan issue; it is a leadership issue.

The President has been clear that his policy is that U.S. military forces will not be deployed to conduct ground combat operations against ISIL.

ISIL is a threat to America's security and interests.

Daesh will continue to spread until or unless it is stopped.

I had the privilege of chairing, the first ministerial level meeting of the coalition last week in Brussels.

This committee works best and makes the greatest contribution to our foreign policy and our country when it addresses the most important issues in a strong, bipartisan fashion

The world needs to understand that from the U.S. Congress above all

This discussion has to conclude with a bipartisan vote that makes clear that this is not one party's fight against Daesh

The President has said that this will be a multiyear campaign, but I do not believe that the AUMF should be unlimited.

This is the guy that has killed 200,000. This is the guy that has caused 3.5 million refugees.

We need to have a resounding vote in which we are all agreed that we have got the right mix here.

If Congress passes a new Daesh-specific AUMF, we will support the inclusion of language in the new AUMF that will clarify that the Daesh-specific AUMF rather than the 2001 AUMF is the basis for the use of military force.

The world will be watching what we together are willing and able to do, and this, obviously, is not a partisan issue.

It would be a mistake to advertise to ISIL that there are safe havens for them outside of Iraq or Syria.

The President wants an AUMF.

Our coalition partners need to know it. The men and women of our armed forces need to know it.

I think in terms of what she meant, there is no question in my mind, she is referring to those out there with whom we are not actively fighting or engaged in war but who are behaving in ways that are clearly opposed to our interests.

He always moved on the side of caution and of compliance.