[Bashar] Assad himself has said on several occasions recently that if the people of Syria don't believe I should be there in the future, then I would step - I would leave. He has said it. He has, on occasion, hinted that he wants a political settlement of one kind or another. I think it's up to his supporters, his strongest supporters, to make it clear to him that if you're going to save Syria, Assad has made a set of choices - barrel bombing children, gassing his people, torturing his people, engaging in starvation as a tactic of war.
John F. KerryI voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.
John F. KerryIn American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.
John F. Kerry