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I bet he chooses Jane Fonda as his Under Secretary.
Wow, that would be a great choice! Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda is a great American patriot.
Well that is one view of Hanoi Jane.
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I bet he chooses Jane Fonda as his Under Secretary.
Wow, that would be a great choice! Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda is a great American patriot.
I bet he chooses Jane Fonda as his Under Secretary.
Wow, that would be a great choice! Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda is a great American patriot.
Well that is one view of Hanoi Jane.
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will be nominated to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, sources tell ABC's Jake Tapper.
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Anybody who follows Clinton would have some pretty big shoes to fill. Clinton was not just the most popular member of the presidents Cabinet for the past four years, she had celebrity status and respect almost everywhere she went around the world. But as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for almost 30 years, the past four as chairman, Kerry himself is a highly respected figure on the world stage. While Obama is not close to a lot of world leaders, Kerry has deep relationships with many heads of state that he can draw on as the nations top diplomat. Sources close to Kerry note that the increasing partisanship on Capitol Hill has disillusioned Kerry and he is ready to leave the Senate.
He is no stranger to diplomacy and has often traveled overseas on behalf of the Obama administration as a diplomatic troubleshooter and to mend frayed relationships. Kerry persuaded Afghan President Hamid Karzai to agree to an election runoff in 2009 and has traveled Pakistan after a series of incidents, including the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. There are very few people with greater experience over a longer period of time, notes Nicholas Burns, a former career ambassador who has served every secretary of state since Warren Christopher, and was most recently undersecretary for political affairs under Condoleezza Rice.He would be a very, very impressive choice." You really need someone who is a renaissance person with a tremendous range of skill, both political and substantive, with a deep reservoir of knowledge Burns said in an interview. You need someone who can drill several layers deep on foreign policy issues.
Uncle Ferd says he got dat "Ask me how great I am, an' I'll tell ya" look about him.
Like Obama, Kerry sees the benefit of reaching out to adversaries, like Iran and Syria, and give them a chance to negotiate. At one point, Kerry even spearheaded outreach efforts to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before the administration turned on Assad over his crackdown on protesters. But he also has called for arming the opposition and for NATO airstrikes, which Obama's administration has resisted.
The Middle East is sure to take up a good part of the secretarys time. In addition to helping bring about a political transition in Syria, the United States also must manage the political chaos in Egypt and the rest of North Africa while trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran and revive the Middle East peace process. Kerry is one of the well-traveled senators to the Middle East, has a good feel for the region and knows many of the players. Kerry insiders say a Secretary of State Kerry would want to play a big role shaping policy for in the Mideast and try to help solve some of intractable issues, including delving heavily into the peace process.
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