John Kerry
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John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American
politician who is the 68th and current United States Secretary of State. He
served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts
from 1985 to 2013, and was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Kerry was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004
Presidential Election but lost to incumbent George W. Bush.
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Secretary of State (2013–present)
John Kerry is sworn in as Secretary of State by Justice
Elena Kagan, Feb 1, 2013
On December 15, 2012, several news outlets reported that
President Barack Obama would nominate Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary
of State, after Susan Rice, widely seen as Obama's preferred choice, withdrew
her name from consideration citing a politicized confirmation process following
criticism of her response to the 2012 Benghazi
attack. On December 21 Obama proposed the nomination which received positive
commentary. His confirmation hearing took place on January 24, 2013, before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the same panel where he first testified in
1971. The committee unanimously voted to approve him on January 29, 2013, and
the same day the full Senate confirmed him on a vote of 94–3. In a letter to
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Kerry announced his resignation from the
Senate effective February 1. Kerry was sworn in as Secretary of State on February
1, 2013. Noteworthy because before 1997 all previous Secretaries of State had
been white men, Kerry is the first white man to hold the post in 16 years.