Kerry: Amid Sudanese Conflict, Positive Signs

Despite the skirmishes and human rights violations ongoing around the border of Sudan and the newly formed South Sudan, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) says there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful, pointing out that Sudan was the first country to recognize South Sudan’s independence.  (0:57)

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Kerry Describes Emotional Referendum Vote In South Sudan

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) describes the emotion felt during the vote for independence in South Sudan where citizens waited for hours to cast their ballots. (1:07)

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Kerry Warns Against Condemning Pakistan

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) warns the Senate Foreign Relations Committee against condemning Pakistan for its lack of commitment in fighting extremism, citing its many sacrifices.

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Kerry: Delay On START Like Going Back To Square One

If START is delayed until the new Congress, then it is like going back to the beginning says Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry (D-Mass.). (0:18)

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Troops Have To Work During The Holiday And So Should The Senate, Says Kerry

Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry (D-Mass.) quotes a retired Brigadier General who wanted the Senate to remember that the deployed US troops will be working on Christmas for America that Congress should too. (0:37)

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Do Not Overhype Afghan War Document Leaks, Says Kerry

Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry (D-Mass.) says it is important not to “overhype” the 90,000 leaked Afghanistan war documents and questioned some comparing the leaks to the Pentagon Papers of the Vietnam War. (0:43)

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Planning And Prevention Is Critical In Sudan, Says Sen. Kerry

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) stresses the need for contingency planning in Sudan to prepare for possible challenges that may arise during a hearing Wednesday.

"This is the moment for contingency planning," Kerry explains. (0:16)
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Lieberman: Stakes Too High To Stall Climate Change Legislation

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) says at a press conference with Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that the stakes are "too high" to delay drafting climate change legislation. (0:31)
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Kerry Cites Poll Showing That Pakistanis Consider U.S. An Enemy

In a hearing on Afghanistan’s Impact on Pakistan Thursday, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) says that Pakistan is a “central focus of our policy considerations.” Kerry also says that the 2/3 of Pakistani citizens regard the U.S. as an enemy, according to a survey by the PEW research center. (1:00)
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Kerry: Two Decades From Now I Don't Want To Be Debating Who Lost Earth

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says that 20 years from now he does not want to debate which country contributed the most environmental harm and "lost Earth". Kerry says he'd like to view the U.S.' climate change partnership with China as the beginning of a new era (0:16)
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Kerry Urges Global Climate Policy That Will Hold All Nations Accountable

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says that global climate change policy must take into account all countries' wants and needs, but should also be firm enough so that each nation is held accountable (0:16).
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Kerry: U.S. Must Understand China's Perspective On Climate Change

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) says that in order to get China to act on global climate change, we must understand how China's perspective is different from that of the United States. (0:47).
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Kerry Expresses Hope For Future Of US-Iraqi Relationship

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) expresses hope for future relations with Iraq. “All of us are very very hopeful that the path that we are on today marks a new relationship with Iraq, one where we are United States and Iraq, two countries operating as we do with countries all around the world.” (0:40)
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Kerry Says Maliki Believes Iraq Has No More Need For American Troops

“He made it very clear to the committee that he envisions no reason at all at this time, and can’t really envision it in the future by which he would ask for American troops to remain,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (0:24)
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Kerry: 15 Seconds In Sderot

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) discusses how children in Sderot, in southern Israel, have but 15 seconds to find cover when the siren of a rocket attack sounds. He finds this way of life unacceptable and unfair. (0:17)
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Kerry: American Will Support Israel Financially

Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry (D-Mass.) pledged his support for Israel at AIPAC's annual convention. He ensured that Israel would receive the entire $30 billion appropriated for it. (0:27)
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Senator John F. Kerry speaks at Climate Change Hearing

Sen. John Kerry speaks at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Climate change and says that, "We need a transformation in public policy thinking to embrace the reality of what science is telling us." We need to come to terms with the implications of the climate problems that we face because the consequences will be catastrophic if we don't.(0:47)

by Suzia van Swol and Candyce Torres, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
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Kerry knows how to conserve energy

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says he finds it shocking and shameful that the United States remains the most wasteful nation in the world with respect to energy and that the United States dependence on foreign energy sources stems from its own extravagance. (0:58)
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Kerry says McCain is doing a "double talk dance"

In a conference call from the Obama for America press office, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Mayor Chris Coleman of St. Paul, Minnesota discuss the effect of John McCain’s failed energy ideas for Minnesota and America. Kerry spoke about John McCain’s “double talk dance” and how he has changed his opinion on many issues over the past few weeks. Kerry says that Obama is offering the right issues for the American people in finding new alternatives for gas, whereas McCain is just following the Bush doctrine of digging for oil. (19:58)
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Kerry says health care system is "out of whack"

Sen. John Kerry(D-Mass.) speaks about the large number of uninsured Americans and the government run and private health care system, which are both quite high and needs to be changed, the health care system is “out of whack an unsustainable.. Kerry says that Congress will need to change the way we work with health care. (1:28)
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