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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

State John Kerry

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

State John Kerry

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

State John Kerry

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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