Opening Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Re: ISIS Threat: Weighing the Obama Administration’s Response

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2014.

Well, thank you very much, Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, all the members of the committee. It’s my privilege to be here today. I’m glad to have this opportunity. Let me begin by both congratulating you and thanking you for the vote that took place yesterday. We are enormously appreciative because stepping up the efforts with respect to the moderate opposition is an essential piece in any strategy against ISIL, and…