Kerry also downplayed any threat from the Russian vessels.
"Their ships are kind of staying out of the way. They are not threatening that, and I don't think that would be what would happen here," Kerry said, in apparent reference to possible Russian retaliation to potential U.S. action in Syria
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/04/us-syria-crisis-usa-russia-idUSBRE98314W20130904
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a liar...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57601401/putin-calls-kerry-a-liar-on-syria/
"Their ships are kind of staying out of the way. They are not threatening that, and I don't think that would be what would happen here," Kerry said, in apparent reference to possible Russian retaliation to potential U.S. action in Syria
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/04/us-syria-crisis-usa-russia-idUSBRE98314W20130904
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a liar...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57601401/putin-calls-kerry-a-liar-on-syria/