John Kerry

We need to stop seeing them funded, and we need to start making sure there is a solid support stream

You cannot attack ISIL only in Iraq. You just can't do it.

I think it is unfair to confuse careful with 'tortured.'

If the Government of Baghdad does not keep up their end--and we have made this crystal clear to them--they are going to have trouble seeing the United States of America do the things they need to do.

Would it be better to have something in 2014 that speaks to this particular situation rather than a 2001 AMF? Sure.

If we believe that it would be useful to discuss counter-ISIL efforts with Iran, we may do that on the margins of the P5+1 talks, as we have done in the past.

While Iran has, in common with the emerging international consensus, a strong interest in seeing ISIL defeated, we remain deeply concerned about many aspects of Iran's foreign policy in the region.

I am very encouraged that various tribal figures in Anbar and Hawija... have come forward to offer to mobilize Sunni Arab fighters against the Islamic State.

The President absolutely, clearly, by almost any legal standard that I can imagine is not violating the Constitution.

I mean, Iraq was on the brink 2 months ago, and many people were talking about, oh, my god, is it going to break up?

I do not think the American public, and I do not think Congress, will support the United States policing a region that will not police itself.

Patience and firm insistence on our political conditions are vital.

The President rightly understands that it is vital to undercut extremist recruiting among the disaffected Sunni Arab population.

We are strongest in the national challenge that we face when we speak with one voice, as Democrats, Republicans, and Independents together as Americans.

The United States, I think it is clear, is going to have to help lead that effort.

That new president had the courage to choose somebody other than the current Prime Minister to say you try to form a government.

The President has the right as the President under Article 2 to defend this Nation and to take the steps necessary to do so.

They have no legitimacy. They are not an Islamic state.

They said of these murderers they are enemy number one of Islam.

We are committing additional funds. We are committing additional equipment and capacity.

The end goal is to end the nuclear possibility.

We do not want this just to be-- this is not just an American effort.

ISIS is a brutal terrorist organization. It must be stopped.

And that is why we want Congress to pass AUMF.

I remember the hours we sat in the situation room in the White House working with our brilliant military.