The agreement is fundamentally that we want to try to resolve this. The agreement is that ISIL is a threat to everybody, and we need to come together to find a way to fight ISIL. The agreement is that we want to save Syria, keep it unified, keep it secular. So surely in those very fundamental principles on which we could agree.

Democrats proposing success in Iraq by political solution.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

Strong leadership demands more than the willingness to use force. It means directing the use of the right tools at the right time for the right purpose and the right cause.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

You don't value families if you force them to take up a collection to buy body armor for a son or daughter in the service.

I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty.