John Kerry

I guarantee you the President's goal is to defeat them.

A high-risk mission performed flawlessly.

I do not believe it is the only way.

The President has made it crystal clear he is ready to do that.

With this new, inclusive Iraqi Government in place, it's time for the defensive strategy we and our international partners have pursued thus far to transition to an offensive strategy.

The result was something Iraq had never before seen in its history: an election deemed credible by the United Nations, followed by peaceful transition of power.

Keep in mind my statement referred to the outlook 2 years ago.

I wish you would extend the huge gratitude of the administration and of the world for this incredible job well done.

Military power is one tool, one among many tools, that will be needed to bring stability to the region.

I was talking with people in one of the Middle Eastern countries who traveled to Syria on our behalf.

What has propelled ISIS to some degree is a word called success.

Not only are our goals the same, Mr. Chairman, but we know you are thinking about retooling the AUMF, and we welcome.

I would like to hear how that is coinciding.

I was very encouraged to hear that Saudi Arabia's top clerics came out and declared terrorism a 'heinous crime' under Sharia law.

We are clear-eyed about the fact that any strategy against ISIL would only succeed with a strong, inclusive government in Iraq.

We must continue to repudiate the gross distortion of Islam that ISIL is spreading.

Helping those units, right now, around Aleppo could secure supply routes and boost the morale of the moderate fighters.

A sustainable solution requires a new Syrian government via negotiations between Syrians with outside encouragement.

He conditioned big American help on the Iraqis finding a political deal to set up a new government.

I do not know how you negotiate with an entity that beheads Americans.

This photograph I pointed out of a, you know, of a Kurd President, of a, you know, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister of a Shia-Iraqi Foreign Minister, all together conferring about how they are going to deal with ISIL tells you the story of…

We will not have combat ground troops as part of this campaign.

The best group around to be able to do this for boots on the ground are the Kurds. They have been incredibly successful.

Not going to happen.

I am for going after ISIL because there is such a difference.