John Kerry actually said...

"But it matters--it really matters--and this has never been more clear to me than over the past year."

"What has been missing is accountability. You have this incredible problem of young people running around with guns, tribal warfare, and so forth, and there is no enforcer."

"I firmly believe that, with your help, and I thank you for it, this committee has done an extraordinary job of helping us to be able to strike a balance between the need to sustain long-term investmen..."

"What's impossible to calculate is the far greater price our country would pay for inaction."