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Zee News
| 4 months ago
57 Washington: As Hillary Clinton passed on the baton of America's top diplomat to John Kerry, a question was raised whether his supposed soft corner for Pakistan should be a cause for worry to New Delhi? Much has been made out of his remarks during...
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Zee News
| 4 months ago
09 Washington: Bidding an emotional good bye to her staff on the final day as US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said she is more optimistic today than she was four years ago. "I know that the world we are trying to help bring into being in the...
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The Hindustan Times
| 4 months ago
John Kerry, the veteran American politician and 2004 presidential candidate, has been sworn in as the US secretary of state, replacing Hillary Clinton. "I was very honoured to be sworn in and very anxious to get to work," Kerry told media with his...
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The Guardian
| 4 months ago
I'm just very, very honoured to be sworn in.' Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Hillary Clinton formally resigned on Friday as America's secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure that saw her shatter records for the number of countries visited.
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Asian Tribune
| 4 months ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the employees at the State department in Washington Friday, February 1, giving an optimistic view, "I am so grateful that we've had a chance to contribute in each of our ways to making our country and our...
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Boston.com
| 4 months ago
Hillary Rodham Clinton formally resigned Friday as America's 67th secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure that saw her shatter records for the number of countries visited. In a letter sent to President Barack Obama shortly before she was to...
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Reuters
| 4 months ago
Topics President Barack Obama (L) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) shake hands after the president announced Kerry's nomination as Secretary of State to succeed Hillary Clinton, at the White House in Washington December 21, 2012. President Barack Obama...
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Sky News
| 4 months ago
Hillary Clinton has left office as US Secretary of State after four years in the post. On formally stepping down amid sky high public approval ratings, the former First Lady thanked everyone she had served and worked with. She said she planned to...
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The New York Times
| 4 months ago
Archive Recent Posts February 01 The decision leaves the Republicans without a candidate yet for the special election set for June 25, and it could leave the seat in Democratic hands. February 01 In his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Chuck Hagel...
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National Public Radio
| 4 months ago
For those of you who keep up with the details of Washington machinations. Here's a bit of surprising news: The next Secretary of State John Kerry told The Boston Globe that President Obama offered him the State gig a week before U.N.
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Washington Post
| 4 months ago
The Washington Post If this is how Jim Inhofe treats his friends, one shudders to think what he does to his enemies. I have known Sen. Kerry for many years and consider him a friend, the Republican senator from Oklahoma said last week on the occasion...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 4 months ago
Saturday Feb 2, 2013 Senator's background and links seen as a positive move in transatlantic relations The confirmation of John Kerry as United States Secretary of State is raising smiles in Europe, stirring memories of the days when America the...
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CNN
| 4 months ago
Hillary Clinton's last day as secretary of state on Friday seemed to be a microcosm of her four globe-trotting years as America's top diplomat. The former first lady, as usual, had a full schedule planned. First, a closed meeting with President...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ends her tenure as the top U.S. diplomat Friday, turning the reins over to U.S...Clinton planned to address State Department employees in the afternoon before leaving her post, Voice of America reported.
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The Hindu
| 4 months ago
Three Republicans Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz from Texas, and Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, voted no...Welcoming the result Mr. Obama said, he was pleased that Mr. Kerry had been confirmed with overwhelming bipartisan support, and from his...
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Politico
| 4 months ago
Liberal comic Bill Maher blasted tea partier Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), taking the freshman senator to task for attacking Chuck Hagel and John Kerry whom Maher noted won their war medals before Cruz was even born. On Saturday at the National Review...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 4 months ago
Chuck Hagel , named to be President Barack Obama 's defense chief, defended his record on national security matters on Thursday at a heated Senate hearing where a senior Republican accused him of seeking to appease America's enemies. Critics in...
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The New York Times
| 4 months ago
Archive Recent Posts January 31 President Obama's nominee for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, is appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday morning. January 30 In an emotional farewell, Senator John Kerry rejected the notion...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel told a Senate panel considering his nomination as U.S. defense secretary he is committed to keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Hagel told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday he agrees with all of President...
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All Africa
| 4 months ago
Committee unanimously approved Kerry as the next secretary of state, and a few hours later the full Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm him for the job. "From his decorated service in Vietnam to his decades in the Senate as a champion of American...
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The Guardian
| 4 months ago
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry greeting Senator John McCain, at Kerry's confirmation hearing for secretary of State, taking the place of Hillary Clinton (left). Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images A couple of months ago, Senator John Kerry showed...
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National Public Radio
| 4 months ago
What's shaping up to be one of the more contentious nomination hearings for one of President Obama's cabinet choices is set to open at 9:30 a.m. ET when members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services get their chance to publicly grill former Sen.
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Los Angeles Times
| 4 months ago
President Obama 's nominee for secretary of Defense, former Sen. Chuck Hagel , will stress at his confirmation hearing Thursday that he opposes letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons and will focus on developing military options to set back Tehran's...
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National Public Radio
| 4 months ago
Chuck Hagel, who spent more than a decade in the Senate asking witnesses questions at hearings, will be the one answering them Thursday as his confirmation hearing to be secretary of defense begins. His hearing follows that of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
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Asian Tribune
| 4 months ago
46 editor With an unanimous Senate foreign Affairs Committee approval and overwhelming approval by the full Senate, John Kerry will be sworn in as American new secretary of state on Friday, February 1. His resignation from the Senate will be...
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Courier & Press
| 4 months ago
Benghazi probe must shift to improving safety Posted January 31, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. I would hate to meet Hillary Clinton in a dark Senate corridor, especially when she was on a tear about when she knew that the tragedy in Benghazi that killed four...
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DAWN
| 4 months ago
Only three Republicans senators, Ted Cruz, Jim Inhofe, and John Cornyn opposed him. Current US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is completing her term on Friday when Mr Kerry will succeed her. From his decorated service in Vietnam to his decades in...
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Zee News
| 4 months ago
Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday expressed sadness at stepping down as America's top diplomat but assured staffers that she is leaving the State Department in excellent hands of her successor John Kerry. "I know I'm leaving...
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Politico
| 4 months ago
Chuck Hagel's battled some ugly labels in recent months, like anti-gay, anti-Israel and anti-nukes...The former Republican senator from Nebraska is known in environmental circles as a skeptic on climate change science who played a key role killing...
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Politico
| 4 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden fired back at critics of his boss' second-term cabinet picks on Wednesday, calling the idea that incoming Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel were insufficiently hawkish ridiculous. To...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 4 months ago
Environmentalists hope John Kerry will block the project but supporters say that approving the Keystone XL pipeline is in the nation's best interest.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 4 months ago
Secretary of State Tuesday sent shivers of joy down the spines of environmentalists but supporters of Canada's oilsands weren't too worried. The long-time Democratic Senator from Massachusetts is a well-known climate change believer. He's been...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Committee confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on January 24, 2013. If confirmed Kerry will be replacing current Secretary Hillary Clinton. Jan. 30 (UPI) -- EU top foreign policy chief Catherine...
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NewKerala
| 4 months ago
Kerry has chaired the committee himself for the past four years. "Senator Kerry will need no introduction to the world's political and military leaders and will begin Day One fully conversant not only with the intricacies of U.S. foreign policy, but...
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Zee News
| 4 months ago
39 Washington: Senator John Kerry, President Barack Obama's choice to replace Hillary Clinton as the next secretary of state, has been overwhelmingly confirmed by the US Senate. Considered a friend of India who has advocated a "central role" for the...
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Taiwan News
| 4 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Website Editorial Staff 2013-01-30 03:39 PM Sen. John Kerry has spent the past four years acting as an unofficial envoy for President Barack Obama , tamping down diplomatic fires...
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SF Gate
| 4 months ago
Committee unanimously approved the man who has led the panel for the past four years...A welcoming ceremony is planned at the State Department on Monday. Obama tapped Kerry, 69, the son of a diplomat, a decorated Vietnam veteran and the 2004...
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Tulsa World
| 4 months ago
Committee unanimously approved the man who has led the panel the past four years. No date has been set for Kerry's swearing-in, but his resignation as senator is effective Friday. The State Department plans a welcoming ceremony Monday for Kerry.
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The Hindu
| 4 months ago
Washington, January 30, 2013 AP John Kerry The US Senate on Tuesday approved John Kerry as the next Secretary of State in a bipartisan 94-3 vote. Mr. Kerry, who will replace Hillary Clinton as the nation's top diplomat, stood on the floor of the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 4 months ago
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) as secretary of State, filling a crucial national security spot in President Obama 's second-term Cabinet. Kerry, who ran for president as the Democratic nominee in 2004,...
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The Dish Rag
| 4 months ago
With 94 senators voting for Kerry, himself included, there were three holdouts in Republicans John Cornyn , Ted Cruz , and James Inhofe . According to CNN , Kerry received a unanimous vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, earlier in the...
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Daily Nation
| 4 months ago
Committee, which Kerry chairs, approved the nomination earlier in the day. His nomination was pushed through the Senate in a matter of days, given the clear bipartisan support for the 69-year-old veteran Democratic lawmaker, who spent 28 years in the...
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Miami Herald
| 4 months ago
Committee, which Kerry had led before recusing himself, or in the two-hour debate period before the full Senate vote Tuesday. Even so, there were no votes from three Republicans: John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas, and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma. Ninety-...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 4 months ago
John Kerry won confirmation from his fellow US senators as secretary of state, succeeding Hillary Clinton as the top US diplomat. The Senate vote for Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, was 94-3. The dissenters were Republicans Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 4 months ago
Committee unanimously approved the man who has led the panel for the past four years...A welcoming ceremony is planned at the State Department on Monday (Tuesday NZT). Obama tapped Kerry, 69, the son of a diplomat, decorated Vietnam veteran and 2004...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
John Kerry Kerry got 94 votes, with three senators voting no, all Republicans: Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma and both Texas senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. Lawmakers hailed Kerry as qualified, noting his personal commitment to understanding the constant...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 4 months ago
Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel has told Pentagon officials he plans to divest some of his financial holdings and resign from several corporate boards and public interest groups to avoid potential conflicts of interest if he wins Senate...
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The Guardian
| 4 months ago
John Kerry has a long record of one of Senate's strongest advocates for climate action. Photograph: Heribert Proepper/AP John Kerry 's confirmation as secretary of state on Tuesday installs a veteran climate champion in a pole position for Barack...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Committee to be the next secretary of state, replacing Hillary Clinton...Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday approved the nomination of Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state...Kerry, D-Mass., who formerly...
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Associated Press
| 4 months ago
Committee on Tuesday swiftly and unanimously approved President Barack Obama's choice of Sen. John Kerry to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state...The full Senate likely will vote on Tuesday afternoon, clearing the way for his...
