John McCain Unloads on John Kerry; Kerry Responds That ‘I May Fail’

‘What you’re doing is talking strongly and carrying a very small stick — in fact, a twig’

Kerry: I May Fail (Washington Free Beacon)

Secretary of State John Kerry admitted to a Senate committee Tuesday that he “may fail” in his efforts to solve the foreign policy challenges of a nuclear Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the ongoing civil war in Syria, and Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine.

This response came during a heated exchange with Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) who characterized Kerry’s diplomatic style as “talking very loudly, and carrying a twig.”

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