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December 21, 2012

Sigh, John Kerry

Danielle Pletka, AEIdeas

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It’s hard to like John Kerry. Ask the other 99 members of the US Senate. His staff. The American people. But it is a testament to Obama’s other dreadful nominations floated for national security jobs that Kerry suddenly looks…ok.

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TAGGED: Secretary of State, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry

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