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That’s right! and do you know how they knew each other?

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Opinion

That’s right! you know where?

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Opinion

In my judgment, Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in territory under its control, including Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

Regarding Venezuela we have deep concerns about Venezuela failing to embrace a robust, productive dialogue, we're deeply committed to restoring rights of the people in Venezuela.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

The foreign minister said the time has come to move away from public tensions and turn the page, and we agree with that... no claimant should be acting in a way that is provocative, no claimant should take steps that wind up raising tensions.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Energy

So we still have a task ahead of us, a challenge, which is to try to work going forward to make sure that we are resolving the issues through diplomacy and the rule of law.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Energy

The president of the United States has authorized and ordered this track, it is the president’s desire to test whether or not the Russians are prepared to do what they said during our negotiations in Moscow that they will do.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

We’re going to test this very carefully based not on trust, based on specific steps, so far, it is showing a modicum of promise which, hopefully, we can complete.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

I think that we probably all recognize that an awful lot of the world, most of the world, doesn't know this meeting is taking place, but the truth is our goal for these talks, amending the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, is one of the single most important unitary steps that we could possibly take at this moment to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

In the last two days I have talked personally with his royal highness the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, who agreed that we need to try to move forward and we had a good conversation about it, and we know we can do it with countries that have a high ambient (temperature) challenge.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

Information sharing has always been a big part of what the coalition does and it is playing a key role in our effort to prevent foreign terrorist fighters from traveling to Syria and Iraq, but it is also clear now that we have to do more, we have to keep breaking down the structural and bureaucratic barriers in order to be able to exchange up-to-date information even more quickly and more widely so that a border guard in southern Europe has the same data about a terrorist suspect as an airport security officer in Manila.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

The momentum has shifted, the new challenge that we face is securing and aiding for the recovery of a liberated area.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

The momentum has shifted, we are making progress with significant portions of Iraq reclaimed, significant portions of Syria now being reclaimed.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

I spoke to Foreign Minister Lavrov again today, we both believe that we have an understanding of the direction we are going in and what needs to be achieved and our teams will meet shortly and we are going to continue to do that in order to bolster the cessation of hostilities and in order to increase our capacity to fight back against al Qaeda, which is Nusra, as well as fight back against ISIL.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We both believe that we have an understanding of the direction we are going in and what needs to be achieved and our teams will meet shortly and we are going to continue to do that in order to bolster the cessation of hostilities and in order to increase our capacity to fight back against al Qaeda, which is Nusra, as well as fight back against ISIL.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We will also do everything in our power to improve delivery of food, medicine, water, incredibly essential humanitarian needs.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

I ask anyone who questions the importance of the EU or its relationship with the United States, (to consider) not just the history that I articulated, but the increase of prosperity, the rise in the standard of living ... the better protection of rights for individuals in the EU, as a consequence of what we have done together.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

There's a whole separation of time which has changed attitudes of some people.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

While sometimes things look bleak and difficult, there’s opportunity in everything, and you have to find the opportunity, you have to work to do that with creative leadership, i am absolutely confident that if people approach this thoughtfully, studiously, soberly, with creativity, there is a way to find strength out of whatever we do ahead.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

We have agreed to steps that if implemented in good faith can address two serious problems I have just described about the cessation, it is possible to help restore the cessation of hostilities, significantly reduce the violence and help create the space for a genuine and credible political transition.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

We still believe that Syria can’t have peace while Assad is there. We have a difference with Russia on that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

I'll have comments, going to Moscow, meeting with President Putin tonight; we'll have plenty of time to talk about it and I'll give you all a sense of where we are.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

I’ll have comments, going to Moscow, meeting with President Putin tonight; we’ll have plenty of time to talk about it and I’ll give you all a sense of where we are.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

China's engagement is critical.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

Our hope is that we continue to cooperate as we have been in the last months, particularly with the U.N. Security Council resolution that we passed in which China stepped up and significantly increased its own actions with respect to (North Korea).

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

We very much welcome the Syrian army declaration of 72-hours of quiet, we are trying very hard to grow these current discussions into a longer lasting ... enforceable, accountable cessation of hostilities that could change the dynamics on the ground.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We are trying very hard to grow these current discussions into a longer lasting ... enforceable, accountable cessation of hostilities that could change the dynamics on the ground.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

Russia's occupation and militarization of parts of Georgia's territory are unacceptable, we continue to call on Russia to fulfill its obligations under the 2008 ceasefire agreement, including a withdrawal of its forces to pre-conflict positions.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

The United States stands firm in its commitment to Georgia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

The president, very clearly, he was talking about TTIP and the fact that we have 28, now 27, countries we have to negotiate with, or now potentially 27 countries that we have to negotiate with, to get that done.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Company News

I think given what has happened, the president is going to try to do both at the same time. He knows how to multitask.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Company News

It is now incumbent on leaders to implement the will of the people and to do so in a way that is responsible, sensitive, thoughtful and - I hope - strategic, the United States cares about a strong EU.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

There is no mistaking that we are contributing to climate change, we human beings have choices that can undo the damage, there is profound change throughout the Arctic.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

This is a gigantic transformation that is taking place, you can see it with the naked eye, you see it where the ice has retreated from just in the last 15 to 20 years.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

What we did in Paris ... is critical now to be implemented, but it is not enough, we have to all move faster in order to embrace new energy policies that are sustainable, that are clean, all of which are there for the using if governments and private sector make the right choices.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

This has been a significant eye-opener for me and I have spent 25 years or engaged in this issue.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

Even where there is awareness, the steps people are taking are not big enough, fast enough. We have a huge distance to travel.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

It is very clear that the cessation of hostilities is frayed and at risk, russia needs to understand that our patience is not infinite, and in fact very limited, with respect to whether or not Assad is going to be held accountable.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

Russia needs to understand that our patience is not infinite, and in fact very limited, with respect to whether or not Assad is going to be held accountable.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

My hope is we will open some political space to try and resolve one of the most complex international challenges the community has faced in at least a generation.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

The United States joins with Secretary General Almagro and others in the international community in calling on the Venezuelan government to release political prisoners, respect freedom of expression and assembly, alleviate shortages of food and medicine, and honor its own constitutional mechanisms, including a fair and timely recall referendum.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

As a father of two daughters, I’m proud, she’ll make a terrific president.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

Everybody ought to celebrate it, Republican or Democrat alike, it’s a breakthrough, and I think that whether you’re voting for Trump or you’re voting for her or whoever, you ought to take pride.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

We reiterated America's fundamental support for negotiations and a peaceful resolution based on the rule of law as well as our concern about any unilateral steps by any party ... to alter the status quo.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

The only position we've taken is, let's not resolve this by unilateral action, let's resolve this through rule of law, through diplomacy, through negotiation, and we urge all nations to find a diplomatic solution rooted in international standards and rule of law.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

We would consider an ADIZ...over portions of the South China Sea as a provocative and destabilizing act which would automatically raise tensions and call into serious question China's commitment to diplomatically manage the territorial disputes of the South China Sea.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

You really set a great example.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

The implementation of this agreement is really key, a very important step to be able to attract foreign direct investment.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

We would consider an ADIZ...over portions of the South China Sea as a provocative and destabilizing act which would automatically raise tensions and call into serious question China's commitment to diplomatically manage the territorial disputes of the South China Sea, so we urge China not to move unilaterally in ways that are provocative.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

NATO can play a maritime role in terms of assisting operation Sophia in order to prevent illegal migration, illegal human trafficking from taking place, there was a unanimous sense in the discussions we had today that NATO could help.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

There was a unanimous sense in the discussions we had today that NATO could help.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

Relevant authorities are doing everything they can to try and find out what the facts are of what happened today. I have no more knowledge than others at this point with respect to those facts.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

Banks in Europe are allowed to open accounts for Iran; banks in Europe are allowed to do business; banks in Europe can fund programs, lend money, that's absolutely open for business as long as it's not a designated entity. Period. Very simple.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

We want to make it clear that legitimate business, which is clear under the definition of the agreement, is available to banks.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Business

The ISSG will formally come together to build on what we did with the Russians in terms of this agreement and to talk about all kinds of things, ranging from duration, to enforcement to the political process.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

The line they are trying to draw now would prohibit any kind of incursion of Aleppo, it will not allow Aleppo to fall, if Assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions, and one of them may be the total destruction of the ceasefire and then go back to war. I don't think Russia wants that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We're getting closer to a place of understanding, but we have some work to do, and that's why we're here.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I think more could happen faster. More should happen faster. But I'm not surprised. Nobody expected that. This has been 50-plus years of the status quo ... but there are changes that are in place for the positive, if you look at our engagement with other authoritarian regimes around the world through history, have they changed overnight?

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

Carnival needs to not discriminate.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

Many Americans still feel a sense of anxiety about TPP and T-TIP. In fact, they've been revved up to have some anxiety about anything related to trade.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

I don’t have any solid information, any documentation with respect to what weapon might or might not have been used. There are questions being asked, whatever weapons are being used, our preference is that all shooting stops.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

The key right now is whether Assad is capable of negotiating in good faith, and we have to put that to the test.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I don't see any way possible for Assad to remain because there is no way to end the war while he is there, there is no way to end the violence, there is no way for him to unify the country.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We want to see an ultimate resolution of the frozen conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh that needs to be a negotiated settlement and something that has to be worked on over time.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

The United States is praying and grieving with you for the loved ones of those cruelly taken from us, including Americans, and for the many who were injured in these despicable attacks, the United States stands firmly with Belgium and with the nations of Europe in the face of this tragedy.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago U.S.

The United States stands firmly with Belgium and with the nations of Europe in the face of this tragedy.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago U.S.

Russia will have to speak itself as to what it is going to choose to do in order to help Mr Assad make the right decisions, but we agreed today that we will accelerate the effort to try to move the political process forward, i believe that Russia is fully engaged in this effort and all of us are going to try and get President Assad to make the right decision over these next days to engage in a political process that results in a genuine transition.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

It's fair to say three weeks ago there were very, very few people who believed a cessation of hostilities was possible in Syria, the result of that work has produced some progress. There has been a fragile (yet) nevertheless beneficial reduction in violence.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

It's fair to say three weeks ago there were very very few people who believed a cessation of hostilities was possible in Syria, the result of that work has produced some progress. There has been a fragile nevertheless beneficial reduction in violence.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I urge the Government of Egypt to work with civic groups to ease restrictions on association and expression and to take action to allow these and other human rights NGOs to operate freely.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

The fact is that Daesh kills Christians because they are Christians. Yazidis because they are Yazidis. Shi'ites because they are Shi'ites.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

This is a moment to seize, not waste, we have at this moment the ability to finally take a step towards ending this war and the bloodshed.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

The fact is that his strongest sponsors, Iran and Russia, have both adopted at the United Nations ... an approach which dictates that there must be a political transition, and that we must move towards a presidential election at some point in time, if the regime and its backers think that they can test the boundaries, diminish compliance in certain areas or act in ways that call into question their commitment to the cessation, without serious consequences for the progress that we have made, they are deeply mistaken.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

President Assad is singing on a completely different song sheet and sent his foreign minister out yesterday to try to act as a spoiler and take off the table what President Putin and the Iranians have agreed to.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We're talking about any number of different ways to try to change the situation on the ground in an effort to try to generate some confidence, so we are listening carefully to the French proposal.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Obviously we're all looking for a way forward. The United States and State John Kerry remain deeply committed to a two state solution. United States is absolutely essential.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

There's not any one country or one person who can resolve this. This is going to require the global community, it will require international support.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

So President Putin, who is invested in supporting Assad, with an enormous commitment - and it has made a difference obviously on the battlefield - should be somewhat concerned about the fact that President Assad sent his foreign minister out yesterday to try and act as a spoiler, to take off the table something that President Putin and Iran had committed to, this is a moment of truth, a moment where all of us have to be responsible.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

It's important now for those who support President Assad to make sure that he is living up to this agreement, and therefore, as a result that they are living up to this agreement too.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

Just this morning, I woke to the news that we had lost two local employees in Peshawar who worked with our consulate there who were going out on a effort to eradicate narcotics fields, an IED exploded and several were lost; a few of the soldiers who were there to guard them also.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

An IED exploded and several were lost; a few of the soldiers who were there to guard them also.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

I share just a huge sense of revulsion over these acts.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

We are currently doing what I have to do, which is review very carefully the legal standards and precedents.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

There is a process ongoing right now making an analysis under the law, i have to make this judgment, and I am prepared to make it and make it soon.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

Our estimates are it's somewhere in the vicinity of $50 to $55 billion at some point in time but it's way below that right now. and in fact, they are complaining about the slowness with which there has been a process of repatriation.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

I wouldn't advise that for a number of reasons.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

There's still some difficult issues to resolve in the context of the agreement, and we're encouraging that process.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We're very serious about that, this is a critical moment for South Sudan's survival and it's important for people who hold themselves up to be leaders to actually lead.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

This is a critical moment for South Sudan's survival and it's important for people who hold themselves up to be leaders to actually lead.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

I may be down there in the next week or two to have a human rights dialogue, specifically.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

We are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been, and I take nothing for granted about this.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

And I believe that in the conversation that we had, we have reached a provisional agreement in principle on the terms of a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

We have reached a provisional agreement in principle on the terms of a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days, the modalities for a cessation of hostilities are now being completed. In fact, we are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

The modalities for a cessation of hostilities are now being completed. In fact, we are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

With Assad there this war cannot and will not end.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I do not believe that in the next few days, during which time we try to bring this into effect, there is somehow going to be a tipping point with respect to what is happening on the ground ... The opposition has made clear their determination to fight back.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

There is every evidence, every day that there has been an increase of militarization of one kind or another. It's of serious concern, we have had these conversations with the Chinese and I am confident that over the next days we will have further very serious conversation on this.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

All indications suggest or tell us that our sailors were well taken care of.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 5 years ago World

If the Assad regime does not live up to its responsibilities and if the Iranians and the Russians do not hold Assad to the promises that they have made ... then the international community obviously is not going to sit there like fools and watch this. There will be an increase of activity to put greater pressure on them, there is a possibility there will be additional ground troops.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I'm pleased to say that as a result today in Munich, we believe we have made progress on both the humanitarian front and the cessation of hostilities front, and these two fronts, this progress, has the potential -- fully implemented, fully followed through on -- to be able to change the daily lives of the Syrian people, first, we have agreed to accelerate and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid beginning immediately.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

First, we have agreed to accelerate and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid beginning immediately.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

First, we have agreed to accelerate and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid beginning immediately, second, we have agreed to implement a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in a target of one week's time. That's ambitious, but everybody is determined to move as rapidly as possible to try to achieve this.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

What we have here are words on paper. What we need to see in the next few days are actions on the ground.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

At some point in time, we want to make progress on the issues of humanitarian access and ceasefire, we'll talk about all aspects.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

Obviously, at some point in time, we want to make progress on the issues of humanitarian access and ceasefire, rISKS BEING ENDLESS.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

This meeting will tell a lot about the road ahead, we are all very, very aware of how critical this moment is, and The Russians needs to contribute in significant ways to sustaining the ability of the opposition and others to come to the table and create an atmosphere within which you can actually have a negotiation.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Russia's activities in Aleppo and in the region right now are making The Russians much more difficult to be able to come to the table and to be able to have a serious conversation.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

It's causing a humanitarian catastrophe, it is strengthening the regime of Assad, and all that does is fuel extremists on both sides of the sectarian divide.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Russia's activities from Aleppo and in the region are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and be able to have a serious conversation.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Over the course of the next week it may become possible to try to engage in some productive conversations about how to bring that conflict to a close.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We have agreed that we are engaged in a discussion about how to implement the ceasefire specifically as well as some immediate, possible confidence-building steps to deliver humanitarian assistance.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

That is totally inexact.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

That country has resources. The last thing in the world you want is a false caliphate with access to billions of dollars of oil revenue.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

In Libya, we are on the brink of getting a government of national unity, that country has resources. The last thing in the world you want is a false caliphate with access to billions of dollars of oil revenue.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We are still not at the victory that we want to achieve, and will achieve, in either Syria or Iraq and we have seen Daesh playing a game of metastasizing out to other countries, particularly Libya.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

At the time of out last ministerial, Ramadi had just fallen and there was a pretty dark and dangerous narrative that was emerging.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I raised it immediately with the Iranians. It was not put out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the government directly, it was put out, I think, by the military over there, the (Revolutionary Guard), who is opposed to what we are doing.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

This is threat to any nation in the world, but particularly we in the United States understand what his purpose is and therefore it is a threat the United States must take extremely seriously, the United States will do what is necessary to protect people in our country and our friends and allies in the world.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

The United States will do what is necessary to protect people in our country and our friends and allies in the world.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

One is the nuclear program of the DPRK, North Korea, a major challenge to global security, one of the most important issues for the security of the United States of America.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

Clearly we have several important issues that we need to find the way forward on.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

The second issue is of course concerns and activities in the South China Sea.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

It is particularly important that Laos finds itself playing a critical role within ASEAN, and ASEAN itself is critical to upholding the rules-based system in the Asia-Pacific and ensuring that every country, big and small, has a say in addressing the matters of shared concern, we want everybody to have a voice within the region without regards to size, power and clout.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

He was very clear he wants a unified ASEAN and he wants maritime rights protected, and he wants to avoid militarization and to avoid conflict.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

They have to be serious. If they are not serious, war will continue. Up to them - you can lead a horse to water; you can't make it drink, we have created a framework; the Syrians have the ability to decide the future of Syria.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I don’t know where this is coming from. Maybe it’s a pressure thing or an internal political thing, but that is not the situation, they are the negotiators; so they will decide the future. What I did tell them is that it’s by mutual consent. You have a veto, so does he, so you are going to have to decide how to move forward here.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

They are the negotiators; so they will decide the future. What I did tell them is that it’s by mutual consent. You have a veto, so does he, so you are going to have to decide how to move forward here.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

None of us are under any illusions that obstacles don't still exist to trying to seek a political settlement in Syria, we know its tough. If it were easy, it would have happened a long time ago.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

I won't announce a date, but we all agreed that immediately after completion of the first round of the Syria discussions, the International Syria Support Group will convene, and that will be very shortly, because we want to keep the process moving.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

Now we have the ability to begin to work together to address the concerns that Saudi Arabia and other countries have and that we have.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

The relationship between the United States and the GCC nations is one that is built on mutual interest, on mutual defense, and I think there is no doubt whatsoever in the minds of the countries that make up the GCC that the United States will stand with them against any external threat.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

The United States remains concerned about some of the activities that Iran is engaged in in other countries.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

We are quite confident that there is a way to invite the various interested stakeholders that provides for cohesion and the ability to make the process move forward.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

We have to acknowledge in all quarters of leadership that the plagues of violent extremism, greed, lust for power and sectarian exploitation often find their nourishment where governments are fragile and leaders are incompetent or dishonest.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

We were on the cusp of confrontation. I can't tell you how many leaders, as I traveled through certain areas, told me, 'You've got to bomb it,'.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

But we are headed in the right direction.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Every country in the region opposes Daesh, and even governments that disagree on other issues acknowledge the war must end and a diplomatic solution must be found.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

And I believe that with effort and with bona-fide legitimate intent to solve the problem on both sides, it is possible in these next months to find those Minsk agreements implemented and to get to a place where sanctions can be appropriately, because of the full implementation, removed.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Technology

I think that by the end of 2016, our goal of very seriously denting Daesh ...will be achieved. I think we are on track.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

I think that some of it will end up in the hands of the IRGC or other entities, some of which are labeled terrorists, you know, to some degree, I'm not going to sit here and tell you that every component of that can be prevented.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

We have made it very clear that we use sanctions when we think they are appropriate in order to counter behavior that we believe has broken the law or has challenged the United Nations Security Council or threatened the United States, and we stand by our sanctions, we think they have been used judiciously and effectively and we are looking to move on now to put to test the willingness of Iran and other countries in the region to try to reduce tensions and move in a different direction.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

I feel horrible for the family, the Iranians have agreed to continue to try to help us find the whereabouts. Whatever may or may not have happened to Bob Levinson, we are going to continue that effort.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

I told Javad (Zarif), look she's on the list and is part of the agreement. He said absolutely, and he assigned four people to it and got onto it immediately, before I left last night and got onto the plane, we had complete clarity that she was going to leave, no issue, it just was a glitch. These things happen.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

He is specifically mentioned by name in the agreement and there is an agreement to specifically cooperate to find him, we have gone to other countries, we have involved other people, there have been all kinds of clues that have come in and they have even followed up on.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

We have gone to other countries, we have involved other people, there have been all kinds of clues that have come in and they have even followed up on, with the cooperation of the Iranians we are making our very best effort to get information regarding him.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

It was very complicated because there were lots of different pieces at stake and moving parts.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

I think we can all imagine how a similar situation might have played out three or four years ago, and the fact that today this kind of issue can be resolved peacefully and efficiently is a testament to the critical role diplomacy plays in keeping our country safe, secure, and strong.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

Just yesterday, the foreign minister (of Iran) reported to me that the calandria of the plutonium nuclear reactor is now out and in the next hours it will be filled with concrete and destroyed.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Today, in my conversation with the Chinese, I made it very clear that has not worked and we cannot continue business as usual.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

China had a particular approach that it wanted to make, that we agreed and respected to give them space to implement that, today, in my conversation with the Chinese, I made it very clear that has not worked and we cannot continue business as usual.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

China had a particular approach that it wanted to make, that we agreed and respected to give them space to implement that, today in my conversation with the Chinese I made it very clear that has not worked and we can not continue business as usual.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We are days away from implementation if all goes well.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

The foreign minister made it clear to me they intend to complete their obligations with respect to implementation day as rapidly as possible, we are currently engaged ourselves in making certain that we're prepared to move on that day. And I think it could come -- without being specific -- sooner rather than later.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

I am also confident that the recent changes in visa requirements passed in Congress, which the Administration has the authority to waive, will not in any way prevent us from meeting our [ nuclear deal ] commitments, and that we will implement Top Tehran officials so as not to interfere with legitimate business interests of Iran.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

We are under no illusions about the obstacles that exist, there obviously remain sharp differences within the international community, especially about the future of President Assad.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

You can't defeat Daesh without also de-escalating the fight in Syria.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

With regard to Syria ... together the United States and Russia have the ability to make a significant difference.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

I look forward to making real progress, i think the world benefits when powerful nations with a long history with each other have the ability to be able to find common ground.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I think the world benefits when powerful nations with a long history with each other have the ability to be able to find common ground.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

Clearly, the social media has placed a whole new burden and a whole new set of questions, but not impossible ones to resolve, and I think we need to look at this very, very carefully -- which is what we're doing -- before we jump to any wholesale prohibition without understanding what the implications may be.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago U.S.

There are some questions, and obviously in our judgment, some kinks to be worked out. I am confident they will be worked out.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

The meeting in Saudi Arabia appears to be very constructive at this point ... but I think everybody is moving in the direction that they want to rapidly get to a political process, so we made progress but we have some tough issues to get over.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

So we made progress but we have some tough issues to get over.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We are going to do our part, we will not leave the most vulnerable nations among us to weather the storm alone.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Environment

I’m ... traveling to Moscow in a week and will be meeting with him (Putin) and with Foreign Minister Lavrov on the subject of Syria and on Ukraine, they have helped us in this process. Russia has been constructive in helping the Vienna process to take place, to be successful, and I think they want a political settlement there.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I will be traveling to Moscow in a week and will be meeting with him (Putin) and (Russian Foreign Minister Sergei) Lavrov on Syria and on Ukraine, if we can join interests sufficiently to understand there is a positive outcome for all of us in saving Syria and getting a political settlement ... it'll be absolutely enormous. And that is why I'm going.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We ... talked about Syria and the need for the U.N. negotiations to be able to begin, and hopefully for a ceasefire to be ale to take effect, when and if we can achieve that, it is our plan to try and attend and have a meeting in New York on Dec. 18.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

The governments involved are going to meet later in this month in New York in order to continue to move this process forward.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Nearly all of Area C, which comprises 60 percent of the West Bank, is effectively restricted for any Palestinian development.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

In recent months, it has become clear that the ground really is shifting and tangible progress is being made.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

A united Cyprus will stand as a beacon of hope in a tumultuous part of the world.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

I think we know that without the ability to find some ground forces that are prepared to take on Daesh, this will not be won completely from the air.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

Our hope and prayer is that indeed Russia and Iran will stay committed to the concept of a transition that really legitimizes governance in Syria in a way that can bring about a ceasefire and in a way that can bring an end to the conflict, that is not regime change, that is Assad change.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

The government of Iraq was of course briefed in advance of Secretary Carter's announcement, we will continue to work very, very closely with our Iraqi partners on exactly who would be deployed, where they would be deployed, what kinds of missions people would undertake, how they would support Iraqi efforts to degrade and destroy ISIL.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

There are various ways in which countries can contribute. They don't necessarily have to be troops (engaged in) kinetic action.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

President Erdogan is completely committed and ready to proceed with Turkish forces, and in cooperation with others, to help guarantee that the remaining portion of the border is sealed.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

NATO is not a threat to anyone ... it is a defensive alliance, it is simply meant to provide security, it is not focused on Russia or anyone else.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We are very concerned about the violence and the potential for the situation to spin out of control.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

If certain entities perceive that whatever we're doing is going to help Assad to stay, that complicates issues, so it has to be done in a way that manages the passions ... among people who have been fighting Assad for four years.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We have to cut off the notion of success in Daesh that attracts people elsewhere to want to affiliate with them, and then Daesh gets a cheapie - someone who is already a terrorist does something in their name, the key is destroy Daesh rapidly in Syria and in Iraq, and that will have a profound impact of what happens in these other places.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We are going to defeat Daesh. We always said it will take time, we began our fight against al Qaeda in 2001 and it took us quite a few years before we were able to eliminate Osama bin Laden and the top leadership and neutralize them as an effective force. We hope to do Daesh much faster than that and we think we have an ability to do that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We began our fight against al Qaeda in 2001 and it took us quite a few years before we were able to eliminate Osama bin Laden and the top leadership and neutralize them as an effective force. We hope to do Daesh much faster than that and we think we have an ability to do that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

The Syrians themselves will negotiate that, but it's Syrians who have to resolve and decide the future of Syria itself.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

But it's Syrians who have to resolve and decide the future of Syria itself.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

There's something different about what happened from Charlie Hebdo, and I think everybody would feel that. There was a sort of particularized focus and perhaps even a legitimacy in terms of -- not a legitimacy, but a rationale that you could attach yourself to somehow and say, 'OK, they're really angry because of this and that,'.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

At the moment, it’s matter of making certain we are hitting the right targets and we are not running any risk of conflict among ourselves, but it’s possible that if the political process moves more rapidly, there could be greater level of exchange of information and so forth.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

The impact of the war bleeds into all of our nations, it is time for the bleeding in Syria to stop.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We still differ, obviously, on the issue of what happens with Bashar al-Assad, but we are relying on the political process itself, led by Syrians, which it will be going forward, and the Syrians negotiating with Syrians; that that can help bring a close to this terrible chapter.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

It's not a coincidence that immediately prior to the civil war in Syria, the country experienced its worst drought on record. As many as 1.5 million people migrated from Syria's farms to its cities, intensifying the political unrest that was just beginning to roil and boil in the region.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

It would be better for all of us if I was exaggerating the urgency of this threat, but the science tells us unequivocally that those who continue to make climate change a political fight put us all at risk.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

To preserve and protect Tunisia’s emerging democracy and growing prosperity, expanding the security cooperation is going to be essential.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

President Obama, at the very beginning, said we're going to degrade and defeat ISIL. We're going to stabilize the countries in the region -- Jordan, Lebanon, work with Turkey -- and we are going to seek a political settlement, that is exactly the strategy today and it is working -- to a degree -- not as fast as we would like, perhaps, but we are making gains.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

It is precisely through this political process that we can, for the first time, marshal the support of the entire international community against a single common enemy -- Daesh.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

If the agreement is not legally binding, there won't be an agreement, because that would mean it would be impossible to verify or control the undertakings that are made.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

If we can better identify the 'red flags' of risk around the world, we can better target our diplomacy and development assistance to enable those nations to become more resilient and more secure – and less likely to devolve into full-fledged wars and humanitarian crises.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Environment

I emphasized the United States' commitment to work with Tajikistan and other countries ... to strengthen border security.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We have concerns (about Afghanistan) that we need to work on together.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I emphasized the United States' commitment to work with Tajikistan and other countries... to strengthen border security.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

It really depends a lot on the choices that Russia makes about whether it is there to find the political solution or whether it is there to simply support the Assad regime.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

President Obama has made a very strong and forceful and simple decision entirely in keeping with his originally stated policy that we must defeat and destroy Daesh, it is not a decision to enter into Syria's civil war. It is not an action focused on (Syrian President Bashar) Assad, it focused exclusively on Daesh and in augmenting our ability to rapidly attack Daesh.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

It is not a decision to enter into Syria's civil war. It is not an action focused on (Syrian President Bashar) Assad, it focused exclusively on Daesh and in augmenting our ability to rapidly attack Daesh.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We are consulting with the government of Iraq to ascertain the full extent of this unprovoked attack.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

While finding a way forward on Syria will not be easy -- it's not going to be automatic -- it is the most promising opportunity for a political opening we have seen, what that transitional government could look like, who would be part of it, how they would meet and at what frequency -- all of this is up in the air.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

The challenge that we face in Syria today is nothing less than to chart a course out of hell.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

At the end of the day, nothing would do more to bolster the fight against Daesh than a political transition that sidelines Assad so that we can unite more of the country against extremism.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

The hard work of shaping that transition (in Syria) requires an international approach and a consistent approach.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Today I hope we can begin to turn the page on this very difficult period.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

One thing stands in the way of being able to rapidly move to implement that, and it’s a person called Assad – Bashar al-Assad.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

It is absolutely critical to end all incitement, to end all violence and to find a road forward to build the possibility, which is not there today, for a larger process.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I'll be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu either in Germany or in the region, and I will be meeting with President Abbas and meeting with [Jordanian] King Abdullah and others.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I look forward to these meetings as an opportunity to try to pull people back from a precipice and try to move down a road, because everybody understands that in the end, it requires a political solution, it requires two states living side-by-side in peace with two peoples appropriately honored with their countries, and with security.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

It will get done in its appropriate moment but I would like to see it done as fast as possible.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

I don't have specific expectations except to try to move things forward, that will depend on the conversations themselves as to what it is that we're able to define in the context of steps that might be taken so people understand that in fact leaders are leading and making a serious effort to try and resolve the current ... conflict.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

Israel understands the importance of the status quo and ... our objective is to make sure that everyone understands what that means.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

This is a human catastrophe unfolding before our eyes and it is a catastrophe that now threatens the integrity of a whole group of countries throughout the region.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

I will be coming back in a few days and will meet with leaders from Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to work through real and tangible options that could perhaps reignite a political process and bring about a political transition in Syria.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I don't have specific expectations except to try to move things forward, and that will depend on the conversations themselves.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

Israel understands the importance of the status quo and ... our objective is to make sure that everyone understands what that means (...) We are not seeking a new change or outsiders to come in, I don't think Israel or Jordan wants that and we're not proposing it. What we need is clarity.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We need every country on the same page, pushing an ambitious, durable and inclusive agreement that will finally put us on the path toward a global clean-energy future.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Environment

I'm not suggesting the crisis in Syria was caused by climate change ... but the devastating drought made a bad situation a whole lot worse.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Environment

There's been a massive increase in settlements over the course of the last years, now you have this violence because there's a frustration that is growing, and a frustration among Israelis who don't see any movement.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

I will go there soon, at some point appropriately, and try to work to reengage and see if we can't move that away from this precipice.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

It will provide new and meaningful access for American companies, large and small, this agreement will level the playing field for American businesses and workers.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

Had Turkey responded ... it could have resulted in a shootdown, and it is precisely the kind of thing we warned against.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

There is literally too much money chasing too few fish.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Environment

What I learned in Vietnam was pretty simple, it was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

If they're there to support the Syrian President Bashar al Assad regime, Russia has made a catastrophic mistake because they will be siding with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, with Iran, and with Hezbollah against the entire rest of the community in that part of the world.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

It was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

We have conducted a number of strikes against ISIL targets in Syria over the past 24 hours including just an hour ago. These strikes will continue.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago U.S.

Everybody understands that Syria is at stake, and the world is looking rapidly for some kind of resolution, we are looking for a way to try to get to a point where we can manage a transition and have agreement on the outcome and State John Kerry could resolve it.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

There was agreement that Syria should be a unified country, united, that it needs to be secular, that ISIL( Islamic State) needs to be taken on, and that there needs to be a managed transition.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

They are both in the position, in exchange perhaps for something that we might do, they might decide to keep Assad from dropping barrel bombs.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I view this week as a major opportunity for any number of countries to play an important role in trying to resolve some of the very difficult issues of the Middle East.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I think we have concerns about how we are going to go forward.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I view this week as a major opportunity for any number of countries to play an important role in trying to resolve some of the very difficult issues (of) the Middle East, we need to achieve peace and a way forward in Syria, in Yemen, in the region itself (and) I think there are opportunities this week, through these discussions, to make some progress.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

The Secretary also raised our concerns over the ongoing crises in Yemen and Syria.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

We need to achieve peace and a way forward in Syria, in Yemen, in the region itself (and) I think there are opportunities this week, through these discussions, to make some progress.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

I view this week as a major opportunity for any number of countries to play an important role in trying to resolve some of the very difficult issues (of) the Middle East, we need to achieve peace and a way forward in Syria, in Yemen ... in the region.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We need to achieve peace and a way forward in Syria, in Yemen ... in the region.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

These actions could provoke a further escalation of the conflict and lead to the loss of more innocent lives, increasing the flow of refugees and risking a confrontation with the anti-ISIS (Islamic State) coalition operating in Syria.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We agreed on a joint initiative to train troops in six African countries before they deploy to U.N. peacekeeping missions, this responds to a growing need for effective, professional, international peacekeeping in regions of conflict.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Both of our governments are firmly committed to reaching a truly meaningful, truly comprehensive, and truly ambitious climate agreement in Paris later this year, that is absolutely critical.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

This responds to a growing need for effective, professional, international peacekeeping in regions of conflict.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

For the moment it is the judgment of our military and experts that the level and type represents basically force protection.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Everybody is seized by the urgency. We have been all along but the migration levels and continued destruction, the danger of potential augmentation by any unilateral moves puts a high premium on diplomacy at this moment.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

I'm not taking that at face value, because we look at the type of airplanes or the type of munitions and so forth, and it obviously raises much more serious questions about what is happening.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

The Russians proposed ... that we have military-to-military conversation ...to discuss what precisely what will be done to deconflict with respect to any potential risks that might be run and to have a complete and clear understanding as to the road ahead and what the intentions are.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We are committed to increasing the number of refugees we take and we are looking hard at the number we can specifically manage with respect to the crisis in Syria and Europe and their migration today.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

That's being vetted fully right now.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I believe that the President has made it clear he wants the United States -- which has always taken a leadership role with respect to humanitarian issues and particularly refugees -- to be able to do what we can, we are committed to increasing the number of refugees we take and we are looking hard at the number we can specifically manage with respect to the crisis in Syria and Europe and their migration today.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

No, I assure you that we will be coordinating very, very closely with Israel as we do on every aspect of Israel's security, i don't see any way possible that we will be in conflict with Israel with respect to what we might want to do there. And I think we just have to wait until we get to that point.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

We remain convinced the people of Cuba would be best served by a genuine democracy, where people are free to choose their leaders, we will continue to urge the Cuban government to fulfill its obligations under U.N. and Inter-American human rights covenants.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

There is no way Congress is going to vote to lift the embargo if they're not moving with respect to issues of conscience.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We will continue to urge the Cuban government to fulfill its obligations under U.N. and Inter-American human rights covenants.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

You can squabble maybe with the choice of words.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

I think the merits are very, very strong and I think the president does too.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

They said to me, 'If we can get this deal done, then we're ready to sit down and talk about the regional issues and we may be able to work things in different places,'.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

Spying has taken place for centuries, and the latest means of spying is to be going after peoples' cyber, companies spend billions of dollars to protect themselves, the United States government does the same. We are deeply involved in fighting back against this on a daily basis.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

It is very likely.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

Unfortunately, we're living in a world where a number of countries, China and Russia included, have consistently been engaged in cyberattacks against American interests, against American government.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

It's very possible ... and I certainly write things with that awareness.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

The arms embargo is not tied to snapback, it is tied to a separate set of obligations. So they are not in material breach of the nuclear agreement for violating the arms piece of it.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

We're not dependent on the U.N. to do that and I think Israel and others are much happier that we're not, we will depend on our own intel community, on our own military, on our own information, we will work with Israel, we will work with others.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

There is a specific U.N. resolution outside of this agreement that prohibits them from sending weapons to Hezbollah. There is a separate and specific U.N. resolution that prohibits them from sending weapons to the Shia militia in Iraq.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

Progress on human rights and the rule of law will provide the foundation for a deeper and more sustainable strategic partnership, only you can decide the pace and direction of the process.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

Is there room for further improvement ? Yes, we will continue to urge Vietnam to reform certain laws that may have been used to arrest... somebody for expressing a peaceful point of view.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

There are basic principles we will defend : No one should be punished for speaking their mind so long as they are peaceful.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

Truong Tan Sang couldn't have been more clear about how important it is( to Vietnam's leaders) to respect the rights of their people.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

One of the very important things now is for us to be able to stay where we are on the TPP negotiations, not to slide backwards, but to finish that job in which Vietnam is very much an important contributor to.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We also talked about the UN Resolution and indeed. I believe reached an agreement that should try to see that resolution voted on shortly, which will create a process of accountability which has been missing.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Let me just be crystal clear, because I am the person who approved this, I personally signed off on it, I had zero conversation with anyone in the administration about the Trans Pacific partnership relative to this decision.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Obviously the Congress has a right … they have every right in the world to take a look to see whether or not it's being implemented in the way Congress intended. I am absolutely confident in the work that our TIP (Trafficking in Persons) team does, which literally takes an entire year to do.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We express our hopes that the impact of this can obviously be dealt with minimal further loss of life and disruption.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Environment

As with any complex negotiation ... there remain details to be hashed out, last week in Hawaii, we made good progress in our negotiations.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

Last week in Hawaii, we made good progress in our negotiations.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

There can be absolutely no question that if the Vienna plan is fully implemented, it will make Egypt and all the countries of this region safer than they otherwise would be or were.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

Iran has agreed to refrain from producing or acquiring highly enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium for nuclear weapons forever, when it comes to verification and monitoring, there is absolutely no sunset in this agreement. Not in 10 years, not in 15 years, not in 20 years, not in 25 years - no sunset ever.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

What this agreement is supposed to do is stop them from having a nuclear weapon. Now I want to hear somebody tell me how they're going to do that without this agreement.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

If we walk away, we walk away alone. Our partners are not going to be with us.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

I haven't even had a conversation about it. No, not at all.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

There are conclusions that have been drawn that don't in fact match with the reality of what this deal sets forth. And we happily look forward to clarifying that during the course of this hearing.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

If we walk away, we walk away alone. Our partners are not going to be with us. Instead they'll walk away from the tough multilateral sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We want to bring the Saudis in, we want to bring the Turks in, and ultimately, probably, we will have to see what the Iranians are prepared to do.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

And that's part of why we have been negotiating with Turkey in these last weeks and now have some shift in what the Turks are prepared to do, and there is also a shift in some of the things that we're engaged in.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

That'd be an enormous mistake, a huge mistake with grave consequences for Israel and for the region, and I don't think it's necessary.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

Let me underscore the alternative to the deal we have reached is not -- as I've seen some ads on TV suggesting disingenuously -- it isn't a 'better deal', some sort of unicorn arrangement involving Iran's complete capitulation, that is a fantasy plain and simple, that our own intelligence community will tell you that.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Folks, they already have what they want. They got it 10 years ago or more, so this is a question of giving them what they want, this is a question of how do you hold them back.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Folks, they already have what they want. They got it 10 years ago or more, this is a question of giving them what they want, this is a question of how do you hold them back.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

This is a day we've been looking forward to because we get to really talk substance, we get to get out of the politics and into the facts.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

We remain very, very hopeful that Iran will make the decision to do the right thing and to return those citizens to the United States.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago U.S.

The whole reason for Camp David was to bring people together around in an organizational effort to push back against Iran, we have negotiated a nuclear deal for the simple reason that we believe if you are going to push back against Iran, it's better to push back against an Iran without a nuclear weapon than with one.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I will be traveling to Doha in the next couple of weeks to meet with the whole (Gulf Cooperation Council).

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We have negotiated a nuclear deal for the simple reason that we believe if you are going to push back against Iran, it's better to push back against an Iran without a nuclear weapon than with one.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We remain very, very hopeful that Iran will make the decision to do the right thing and to return those citizens to the United States, and we are consistently, constantly even now continuing to work on that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

There was not a meeting that took place - not one meeting that took place, believe me that's not an exaggeration - where we did not raise the issue of our American citizens being held.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

This is the good deal that we have sought.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

I think we're getting to some real decisions, so I will say, because we have a few tough things to do, I remain hopeful. Hopeful.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

A couple of differences have been decided ... It's safe to say we have made progress.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We can’t wait forever, if the tough decisions don’t get made, we are absolutely prepared to call an end to this.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

Let me assure you we would not be here continuing to negotiate just for the sake of negotiating, we're here because we believe we're making real progress toward a comprehensive deal.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

We are not going to sit at the negotiating table forever. We also recognize that we shouldn't get up and leave simply because the clock strikes midnight.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

We're here because we believe we're making real progress toward a comprehensive deal.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

We're here because we believe we are making real progress, we will not rush and we will not be rushed.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

At this point negotiations could go either way, if hard choices get made in the next couple of days and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week. But if they are not made, we will not.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

At this point negotiations could go either way, if hard choices get made in the next couple of days and made quickly we could get an agreement this week. But if they are not made, we will not.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

We have difficult issues to resolve.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

We have in fact made genuine progress but ... we are not yet where we need to be on several of the most difficult issues, if we don't have a deal and there is absolute intransigence and unwillingness to move on the things that are important (for) us, (U.S.) President (Barack) Obama has always said we're prepared to walk away.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

We are making progress.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We have some very difficult issues, but we believe we are making progress and we are going to continue to work because of that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Energy

I don’t think you heard … any scintilla, not one tiny piece, of an indication of this downward spiral, i think what you saw was ascending relationship with great clarity about the things on which we’re going to cooperate. Even as there is some disagreement about how to approach one, or two, or three issues ….

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

If they are not addressed, there will not be a deal, we have been very clear that we are not going to negotiate in public.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

We are not fixated on Iran specifically accounting for what they did at one point in time or another, we know what they did.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

It is critical to us to know that going forward those activities have been stopped. And that we can account for that in a legitimate way, in order to have an agreement to trigger any kind of material, significant sanctions relief, we would have to have those answers.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

The talks remain tough, and just as I have said consistently, we're not going to rush to an agreement for the sake of an agreement, and we're not going to sign an agreement that we don't believe gets the job done.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I'm confident that (Lavrov) will raise it with him yet again.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

It's of enormous concern to all of us for all the obvious reasons, these are two very, very important countries, playing a critical role with respect to regional interests.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

It's very, very important that there be no misinterpretation or miscalculation with respect to any of the back-and-forth and the empowerment some entities might feel as a result of that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We know that the Houthis were engaged in moving some missile-launching capacity to the border and under the rules of engagement, it was always understood that if there were proactive moves by one side or another, then that would be in violation of the ceasefire agreement, saudi Arabia, under the rules of engagement, took action. We continue to support the idea of extending the humanitarian pause, but I think under the circumstances at the moment that would be difficult.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

To date, to this moment, particularly with recent provocations, it is clear the DPRK is not even close to meeting that standard, instead it continues to pursue nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

John has always – intuitively, instinctively – gravitated toward diplomacy, and I know that he is looking forward to that focus as he retires from the Navy and moves into civilian life.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

There was strong agreement among all of the NATO members that this is a critical moment for action by Russia and by the separatists to live up to the Minsk agreement, and that it is critical to be able to get the OSCE into areas of conflict. It is important to end the conflict in those areas, particularly in Shyrokyne, (they) need to try to come to an agreement on a ceasefire. We need to see the full implementation of Minsk.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

And that it is critical to be able to get the OSCE into areas of conflict. It is important to end the conflict in those areas, particularly in Shyrokyne, (they) need to try to come to an agreement on a ceasefire. We need to see the full implementation of Minsk.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

Defining ... a clearer defense arrangement between the GCC and other friendly countries and the United States is going to be critical to helping to push back against the terrorism and violence and some of the other activities that take place in that region that are unsettling all of those countries.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

As long as that is yet untested and unfailed ... all of us have hopes that Yemen can find a path forward, it is not going to be easy, many things have to happen.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Industrials

I will certainly urge that everybody do their part to try to reduce the violence and allow the negotiations to begin in a way that will protect the interests of Yemenis.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

The Saudi shift ... was predicated on the notion that people would freeze in place, but what happened was the Houthi began to take advantage of the absence of air campaign, moving not only additionally on Aden, but moving in other parts of the country.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Energy

Yemen's future should be decided by Yemenis ... not by external parties and proxies.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Energy

We have to continue to keep the pressure on.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Environment

Yesterday there was a compromise reached in Washington regarding congressional input, we are confident about our ability for the president to negotiate an agreement, and to do so with the ability to make the world safer.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

We are confident about our ability for the president to negotiate an agreement, and to do so with the ability to make the world safer.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

These depraved acts are an assault on the heritage of the Iraqi and Syrian people by an organization with a bankrupt and toxic ideology, the Iraqi government recently nominated Nimrud to be placed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites. In contrast,( ISIS') twisted goal is clear : to eviscerate a culture and rewrite history in its own brutal image.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Top News

That is flat wrong.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

We are working very hard to work those through. We are working late into the night and obviously into tomorrow. We are working with a view to get something done, there is a little more light there today, but ?there are still some tricky issues. Everyone knows the meaning of tomorrow.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Top News

Covert, of course, is the hardest, you need to have verification and intrusive inspection to be able to find covert facilities.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Opinion

These things are obviously going to have to be resolved as we go forward, i’m not going to go into greater detail.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Opinion

Well, the talks would collapse. Iran would have the ability to go right back spinning its centrifuges and enriching to the degree they want... And the sanctions will not hold.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

We don't want just any deal, if we had, we could have announced something a long time ago.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

It's time to make hard decisions, we want the right deal that would make the world, including the United States and our closest allies and partners, safer and more secure. And that is our test.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

We are not rushing ... but we recognize that fundamental decisions have to be made now and they don't get any easier as time goes by, we have not yet reached the finish line but make no mistake we have the opportunity to try to get this right.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

We have not yet reached the finish line but make no mistake we have the opportunity to try to get this right.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

We're pushing some tough issues but we made progress.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

We have to negotiate in the end.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

What we're pushing for is to get him( Assad) to come and do that, and United States may require that there be increased pressure on him of various kinds in order to do that.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

It specifically inserts itself directly to the leader of another country saying, 'Don't negotiate with these guys because we're going to change this,' it is incorrect because they cannot change an executive agreement.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

We have to negotiate in the end, we've always been willing to negotiate in the context of the Geneva I process.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

To get the Assad regime to negotiate, we're going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating, that's under way right now. And I am convinced that, with the efforts of our allies and others, there will be increased pressure on Assad.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

We believe very much that there’s not anything that’s going to change in April or May or June that suggests that at that time a decision you can’t make now will be made then, if it's peaceful, let's get it done. And my hope is that in the next days that will be possible.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

I’m not going to apologize for an unconstitutional, un-thought out action by somebody who’s been in the United States Senate for 60-something days, that's just inappropriate.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

I can't tell you whether or not we can get a deal, whether we are close, the purpose of these negotiations is not just to get a deal, it is to get the right deal.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Most Read Articles

As far as we're concerned, Congress has no ability to change an executive agreement.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Most Read Articles

President Obama remains committed to a two-state solution.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Most Read Articles

I can't tell you whether or not we can get a deal.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

It purports to tell the world that if you want to have any confidence in your dealings with America, they have to negotiate with 535 members of Congress, that is both untrue and a profoundly bad suggestion to make.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago World

We have been clear from the beginning, we are not negotiating, a quote, legally binding plan, we are negotiating a plan that will have in it capacity for enforcement, the letter erroneously asserts this is a legally binding plan. It is not. We don't even have diplomatic relations with Iran.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

When it says that Congress could actually modify the terms of an agreement at any time is flat wrong, you don't have the right to modify an agreement reached executive to executive between leaders of a country.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

It is incorrect when it says that Congress can actually modify terms of an agreement at any time. That is flat wrong.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

It is incorrect when (the letter) says that Congress can actually modify the terms of an agreement at any time. That is flat wrong.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

We have a critical couple of weeks ahead of us, but we are not feeling a sense of urgency that we have to get any deal. We have to get the right deal.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Latest Headlines

We have a lot to do over the next two years ... whether it is continuing the Iran nuclear talks, defining ?the path forward with India, our upcoming strategic dialogue with China (and) our efforts to normalize relations with Cuba.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

Even as we engage in these discussions with Iran around its nuclear program, we will not take our eye off of Iran’s other destabilizing actions in places like Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and the Arabian peninsula, Yemen particularly.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

Doing so would make it more difficult to reach the goal that Israel and others say they share in order to get to a good deal, israel’s security is absolutely at the forefront of all of our minds, but frankly so is the security of all of the other countries in the region. So is our security.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

We have made some progress but we still have a long way to go and the clock is ticking, we're going to find out whether or not Iran is willing to make the hard choices that are necessary.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

You can't bomb knowledge into oblivion unless you kill everybody. You can't bomb it away, the question is, can you provide an adequate level ... of intrusive inspections, structured tough requirements, limitations, all the insights necessary to be able to know to a certainty that a program is peaceful.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

We are concerned by reports that suggest selective details. of the ongoing negotiations will be discussed publicly in the. coming days.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

It must be said that the HRC’s obsession with Israel actually risks undermining the credibility of the entire organization, the United States will measure these things, I hope, fairly and dispassionately but we will oppose any effort by any group or participant in the U.N. system to arbitrarily and regularly de-legitimize or isolate Israel.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

We have said again and again, no deal is better than a bad deal. We're not going to make a bad deal.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Most Read Articles

I still stand by what I said, which is in long terms, compared to the last century, there are, in fact, fewer people dying of the means -- that you look at, by state war, violence, health, etc., but that's not what's important.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

Each time the Iraqis have now gone forward in an offensive effort, together with allies, the coalition, we have routed ISIL.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

There's a great deal of energy and effort being put into this and I am confident that over time, we will beat, we will, indeed, degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL, yes.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

But that's not what's important.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

Our hope is diplomacy can work. ... Given our success on the interim agreement, I believe we deserve the benefit of the doubt to find out whether or not we can get a similarly good agreement with respect to the future.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

That's one set of fairly normal negotiations with respect to movement of diplomats, access, travel, different things, the state sponsorship of terrorism designation is a separate process. It is not a negotiation. It is an evaluation that is made under a very strict set of requirements, congressionally mandated, and that has to be pursued separately.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago U.S.

It is counterintuitive, but the truth is that notwithstanding the threat of ISIL, notwithstanding people being beheaded publicly and burned publicly and the atrocities that they are perpetrating. And it is a serious, serious challenge to us, notwithstanding that, there is actually less threat and less probability of people dying in some sort of violent conflict today than at any time in human history.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

Notwithstanding that, there is actually less threat and less probability of people dying in some sort of violent conflict today than at any time in human history.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

I think everybody understands that we're not going to be able to do enough under any circumstances that if Russia decides to match it and surpass it they're going to be able to do that, everybody knows that including [Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko].

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

The debate is whether or not there is some weapons that could be given them to give them greater ability to defend themselves in order to prevent the creeping land grabbing that's been taking place, or at least raise the cost, that's a very legitimate discussion.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

But there's not yet clarity to the breach.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

Anybody running around right now, jumping in to say, 'Well, we don't like the deal,' or this or that, doesn't know what the deal is, there is no deal yet.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

But the fact is, if all you do is do that, you're not going to solve this problem, some secretary of state is going to be here in the future. Some president will be there. And there'll be a different acronym, and you're going to be talking about how you get rid of them. Because there's a big pool of people out there waiting to be seduced into this.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

Russia has engaged in a rather remarkable period of the most overt and extensive propaganda exercise that I've seen since the very height of cold war, and they have been persisting in their misrepresentations, lies -- whatever you want to call them -- about their activities there to my face, to the face of others, on many different occasions.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

People need to be vigilant, but not scared, travel today is safer than it's ever been.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

I don't know anybody who looks at the interim agreement and doesn't say, 'Wow this has really worked,' including [Netanyahu], who would like to see it extended, having opposed it vehemently in the beginning, calling it 'the deal of a century for Iran,'.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

The President's goal is to degrade and destroy ISIS.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

Well, senator, we're not hiring them.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

There is no deal yet, and I caution people to wait and see what these negotiations produce, we have halted the progress of Tehran's nuclear program, we gained unprecedented insight into it and we expect to know soon whether or not Iran is willing to put together an acceptable and verifiable plan.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago World

I think the president is on the right track, and I think the evaluation that is going on now with respect to the adjustment of the troop (level) is appropriate. And the president will make his decision shortly.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

Russia has engaged in an absolutely brazen and cynical process over these last days, we are talking about additional sanctions, about additional efforts, and I'm confident over the next days people will make it clear that we are not going to play this game.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

There are reasons this has gone on for years and years, if it was easy, it would've been done already.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

You have to do everything. You have to take the people off the battlefield, who are there today, but you’re kind of stupid if all you do is do that, and you don’t prevent more people from going to the battlefield.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

He stood for peaceful change and the resolution of differences through conversations – not carnage, ten years ago today, he was assassinated because some feared he might succeed.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

We will judge the commitment of Russia and the separatists by their actions, not their words, as we have long said, the United States is prepared to consider rolling back sanctions on Russia when the Minsk agreements of September 2014, and now this agreement, are fully implemented.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Energy

Political interference with the Independent National Electoral Commission is unacceptable, and it is critical that the government not use security concerns as a pretext for impeding the democratic process.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Energy

Will we remain united? The answer is absolutely, positively, unequivocally we are united, we will remain united.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

There is no division, there is no split.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago World

It's imperative that these elections happen on time as scheduled.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Latest Headlines

We don't view this as a zero-sum game ; we have never viewed it that way, this is not meant to be, nor should it be, a divide between East and West. This is about rule of law ; it's about the norms by which nation states behave.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago World

That he was murdered after his father's plea for compassion reminds all the world that this foe has no agenda other than to kill and destroy, and places no value on life, including that of fellow Muslims.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN 6 years ago Top News

There are a lot of different folks pushing in different directions out there, and the question is can we all pull in the same direction, that's what we're looking at.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

We're trying to figure out a way to help defuse the tensions and reduce the potential for more conflict and we're exploring various possibilities to that end.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

There are a lot of different folks pushing in different directions out there, and the question is can we all pull in the same direction, that’s what we’re looking at.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

We’re trying to figure out a way to help defuse the tensions and reduce the potential for more conflict and we’re exploring various possibilities to that end.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

There are a lot of different folks pushing in different directions out there, and the question is can we all pull in the same direction.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

I would urge everybody to use time to advantage and to move. Because as with any negotiation, they cannot be open-ended, i encourage movement, and the United States will absolutely do its part.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

I encourage movement, and the United States will absolutely do its part.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

If we don't lead, future generations will not forgive us, they will want to know how we together could possibly have been so blind, so ideological, so dysfunctional and, frankly, so stubborn.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago World

Pretty simple, folks: It's everyone's responsibility, because it's the net amount of carbon that matters, not each country's share.

– State John Kerry

Found on FOX News 6 years ago World

If you are a big developed nation and you are not helping to lead, you are a part of the problem, more than half of global emissions are coming from developing nations. It is imperative that they act too.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Environment

Every nation, every nation has a responsibility to do its part.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Environment

More than half of global emissions are coming from developing nations. It is imperative that they act too.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Environment

We are still on a course leading to tragedy.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Environment

The window is closing quickly.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

But what happens if the climate skeptics are wrong? Catastrophe.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters 6 years ago World

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