John Kerry

It is a multiyear effort. The President has already said that.

We believe that, ultimately, there is no solution to Syria without a political settlement.

This is not a threat that a single country or region can take on alone.

With our support, after several weeks of complex negotiations, President Masum nominated Haider al-Abadi to serve as Prime Minister.

We are also--and I emphasize this--we are not starting from scratch.

I support the President's strategy and his sense of urgency, and I commend you, Mr. Secretary, for your efforts with allies in the region who also face violent and destabilizing threats from ISIL.

It is urgent, and it is grave. We would be fools not to take this threat seriously.

I would not sit here comfortably and suggest to you--nor would President Obama, by that token, I know--suggest to you that this ought to go on indefinitely.

Nobody wants boots, American boots on the ground. I mean, that just is not going to happen.

The moderate opposition in Syria has, in fact, been fighting ISIL for the last 2 years.

Do it. Pass it. We would love to have you do it.

I think that is a huge mistake.

The American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission.

ISIL must be defeated, period, end of story. And collectively, we are all going to be measured by how we carry out this mission.

For a whole philosophy or idea or cult -- whatever you want to call it -- that frankly comes out of the Stone Age. They're cold-blooded killers marauding across the Middle East, making a mockery of a peaceful religion, and that's precisely…

I can assure you, sir, that, while I am there, while Secretary Kerry is there, we are going to make sure that every single one of these recommendations is fulfilled.

I am totally unaware and would not condone anybody that I know of within the state department making such statements.

As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission. We will not get dragged into another ground war in Iraq.

That would be a red line for the United States in terms of having combat troops on the ground in Iraq and potentially Syria.

I have been very clear that we are not going to have United States combat troops in Iraq again.

We are determined to choose the path of peace and prosperity and cooperation, and yes even competition but not conflict.

Israel and the Palestinian factions have agreed that they are now prepared to implement a 72-hour unconditional humanitarian cease-fire.

The man of peace from Massachusetts intercepted with his own hands the reasonable cease-fire that was within reach, and pushed both the Palestinian and the Israeli's toward an escalation that most of them did not want.

The Obama Administration proved once again that it is the best friend of its enemies, and the biggest enemy of it are friends.

They have displayed an appalling disregard for human decency.