The Concerns of Secretary Kerry | Weekly Standard

On Nigeria:
“The United States is deeply concerned by Nigeria’s enactment of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.”

On South Sudan:
“I . . . am especially concerned at reports that civilians may have been systematically murdered based on their ethnicity.” 

On Iran:
“We make clear that we remain concerned about Iran’s destabilizing actions in the region.”

On Yemen:
“The United States remains deeply concerned about the situation on the ground in Yemen.”

On Russia:
“We. . .remain deeply concerned about the large deployments of Russian forces in Crimea and along the eastern border with Russia.”

On North Korea:
“Obviously of enormous concern is the situation in North Korea, the threatening nature of the regime in North Korea.”

On Japan:
“We have expressed our concerns.”

On Hezbollah:
“It concerns us that Hezbollah is active in conjunction with Iran’s support.”

On China:
“We are particularly concerned – all nations that are engaged in navigation and traffic within the South China Sea, the East China Sea, are deeply concerned.”

On Afghanistan:
“With respect to Afghanistan, we are working very closely with all of the stakeholders in Afghanistan with enormous concern.”

On Libya:
“We are concerned about the developments on the ground.”

On Venezuela:
“We have great concern about the instability that is created as a result of what is happening in Venezuela.”

On Iraq:
“Well, let me just affirm very, very clearly we are deeply concerned about what is happening in Iraq.”