{"id":30854,"date":"2012-12-22T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=30854"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:18:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T11:18:12","slug":"president-barack-obama-appoints-john-kerry-new-secretary-of-state-us-us-news-30854","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/president-barack-obama-appoints-john-kerry-new-secretary-of-state-us-us-news-30854\/","title":{"rendered":"President Barack Obama appoints John Kerry new Secretary of State US \/ US News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Obama Nominates Kerry to Secretary of State<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Barack Obama has nominated the Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton in representing the US around the world.<\/h1>\n

Mr John Kerry’s nomination marks Mr Obama’s first move in a sweeping overhaul of his national security team heading into his second term as President.<\/p>\n

Standing alongside Mr Kerry at the White House, Mr Obama said the Vietnam War veteran’s life “has prepared him for this role”.<\/p>\n

“He is not going not need a lot of on-the-job training,” Mr Obama said.<\/p>\n

“Few individuals know as many presidents and prime ministers or grasp our policies as firmly as John Kerry.”<\/p>\n

Mr Kerry is expected to be easily approved for the cabinet post by his longtime congressional colleagues.<\/p>\n

The Democratic senator from Massachusetts leapt to the front of Mr Obama’s list for the State Department job after UN Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration last week.<\/p>\n

She faced harsh criticism from Republicans for her initial account of the deadly September attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.<\/p>\n

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President Barack Obama vigorously defended Ms Rice, a close friend and adviser, but Republicans dug in, threatening to hold up her nomination if the President tapped her for the post.<\/p>\n

Mr Kerry came to prominence during his failed presidential campaign against George W Bush in 2004.<\/p>\n

He now serves as the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n

But the 69-year-old has long sought the nation’s top diplomatic post.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama considered him for the job after the 2008 election, before later picking Mrs Clinton in a surprise move.<\/p>\n

Since then, Mr Obama has dispatched Mr Kerry around the world to deal with diplomatic disputes in Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

He was also part of the President’s debate preparations team during the 2012 election, playing the role of Republican challenger Mitt Romney in mock debates.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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