John F. Kerry: “I am troubled by the damage done to our image around the world; I am concerned by our loss of focus in fighting…”

This is the most important part of this hearing, as far as I am concerned, so I apologize for not being able to listen to each of you.

Now I think we have to rescue our policy from ourselves.

President Karzai ran on a platform of developing a stronger strategic relationship with the United States--and was elected.

Now we have reached a moment of opportunity, and we must seize it.