John Kerry

It's a very strong agreement.

Sadly, walked away from, not for substantive reasons, but because President Obama did it.

I was as shocked as I've been by anything that I've seen or read by this administration in the first administration and now in the second.

For a Christian, so-called, to step up on Easter Sunday and use language like that, which kids are going to hear and people all around the world will see as a reflection of our presidency, is just utterly stunning.

And to be talking about

You know, we're the city that hosts the Holocaust Museum.

We're the place that, you know, worked so hard to liberate Europe or free Europe from fascism and so many other contributions we've made around the world.

And you step up and not only use language like that, but say a whole civilization is going to die

That sounds to me like it's the prelude to becoming one of the greatest war criminals in history.

When you kill a civilization, you are doing something precisely against all of the international norms, standards, values, and hopes and aspirations.

So, you know, I think it's important when life and death is involved and war is involved.

And it's certainly a lesson I learned in the context of the 1960s.

You know, you really need to tell the truth.

Public people, if they're going to urge the American people to put their sons and daughters on the line to defend our security interests, define those interests properly.

and make sure you are defending them within the proper parameters of how we behave as a nation.

And that's how you strengthen not just the United States, that's how you strengthen the world.

Well, God bless them.

They're warriors first, and they follow lawful orders, and they help stand up to make us who we are.

And I really am in awe of the abilities that were evidenced in the Venezuela operation and now in these operations.

They're quite extraordinary.