Obama Will Choose Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry as Secretary of State Nominee
The Massachusetts senator reportedly will be the pick to replace Hillary Clinton as the country's top diplomat.
John Kerry is President Obama's pick to become the next Secretary of State, and replace Hillary Clinton as the nation's top diplomat.
Many expected Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to be the president's pick after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice took her name out of the running last week. Rice had been under scrutiny by Republicans in Congress for statements she made in the aftermath of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
The scramble to replace Kerry is already on; a poll done for WBUR showed yesterday that Republican Scott Brown would lead if the special election to replace Kerry were held today.
Dennis Naughton
12:04 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Senator Kerry is an outstanding choice to follow his outstanding predecessor, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Ken B.
10:26 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Outstanding ? Hardly.
After finally ponying up $$ to MA for his NZ built, RI based yacht "Tax Dodge," Kerry merely grabs a seat a the trough, er, cabinet table along with fellow tax cheats Sebelius & Geithner.
Kerry will leave the senate after 28 years, having authored no legislation of major note.
Out standing by the fence, and throwing someone else's medals over it ?
Most definitely.